An interesting article sent to me today about some of the ETFs I’ve recently been working on. Someone had a good idea just at the […]
Author: Sam
Flitzebogen
Thanks to Patrick Pisapia for this time-waster. Good for a slow day at work… Flitzebogen Bow and Arrow Game
FJ40: Facelift
Progression of the rear from original rusted condition (top left) through grinding (top middle), preparation (top right and bottom left), priming (bottom middle) and the […]
Zodiac Whacko
Living in the San Francisco Bay Area, seeing the Zodiac movie was a bit of a hair raiser for me. A real-life Zodiac copycat on […]
Confessions of a Money Manager With Nowhere to Go
David Pauly, Bloomberg News Dear shareholders of the Sophocles Value Fund: Sorry to tell you this, but I’m stumped. There’s no place I can invest […]
Quit Hammering the Speculators
On the radio, in the Wall Street Journal, CNBC, wherever I go, mysterious “speculators” get blamed for the hike in prices of commodities. Particularly oil. […]
G. Halls in California
The Golden Gate Bridge on my way to work (left) and the Bridge from the Presidio (middle and right) Halls on The Golden Gate Bridge […]
Summer Solstice Golden Gate Bridge
Arnold Tree-Felling and Fishing
Luke fishing on the Stanislaus River (left) and one of our catch (right) Luke fishing on the Stanislaus River (left and right) Getting […]
Beetles and Computers
Thanks to the lady of the house for this interesting read…
Adelaide, Minlaton and Sydney
We ventured Down Under for a couple of weeks for the first time in over two years for me and three years for my better […]
Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know
Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know, Ranulph Fiennes A present from my lovely wife (big props on finding this one for me), Mad, Bad and […]
Opium for Wheat
An interesting result of the soaring cereal crop prices: the Taliban are having their heroin cash crop usurped by farmers who want to reap the […]
Content Widening
Okay, so when WordPress was developed years ago flat-screen monitors with high resolutions weren’t really the rave yet, so the initial software was built for […]
Wildflower
We all drove down to Lake San Antonio near King City on Friday to compete in the annual Wildflower Triathlon. Mrs V. raised over $3,300 […]
Biggest Eyes in the Animal Kingdom
Dumb As We Wanna Be
After listening to proposals about suspending the federal excise tax on gasoline for the summer on NPR this morning, I was thinking about having a […]
The Emma Maersk
Country of origin: Denmark Length: 1,302 feet Width: 207 feet Net cargo: 123,200 tons Engine: 14 in-line cylinders diesel engine (110,000 BHP) Cruise speed: 31 […]
Photos of the Year
Unfortunately I can’t take any credit for these masterpieces. Kudos to National Geographic for these shots.
Petaluma Singletrack
A couple of shots of the local rides on the west side of town…