I sit here every day listening to the talking heads on CNBC, watching the headlines flash by on my screens, and seeing the newspaper finance […]
Author: Sam
Number 29
A birthday that had it all: good friends, good food, an amazing cake (thanks Andi) and cupcakes (and Katrina), good music, me killing it at […]
Man Puts Out Girlfriend’s Cigarette with Fire Extinguisher
Angered by his girlfriend’s smoking, a German man used a fire extinguisher to put out her cigarette. The apartment now looks like it snowed inside […]
Packer’s Lunch
Packer’s Lunch, Neil Chenoweth Mum gave me Packer’s Lunch as a Christmas present last year, what an eye-opener! Although I’m sure it exists here as […]
New Providence and Staniel Cay
With all the wet weather we’ve been having, we decided it was time for a bit of sun during winter so we ventured southeast to […]
Marching Powder
Marching Powder, Rusty Young I didn’t just read this, I read it years ago when a friend of mine put me onto it. But, I wanted […]
Sugarbowl Pow
Another Sierra storm dumped a few feet of fresh powder on the mountains over the past few days. We battled a closed Interstate 80 yesterday morning, sat […]
Scar Tissue
Scar Tissue, Anthony Kiedis I don’t think this would be the type of book I’d usually pick up in the book store, but I must […]
Fooled by Randomness
Fooled by Randomness, Nassim Nicholas Taleb Just finished this one, pretty good read, reminded me a lot of my Behavioral Finance class at Cal. If […]
Taos Winter Wine Festival
The winemaker of the family was asked to represent Kendall-Jackson at the Taos Winter Wine Festival this last weekend in Taos, New Mexico. Somehow I […]
Jim’s 30th in San Luis Obispo
We took a trip down memory lane in San Luis Obispo on the weekend to celebrate Jim’s 30th birthday. The gig was at Downtown Brew […]
Work Schedule
I found a pretty good proxy for my work schedule craziness this morning: The JP Morgan G7 Currency Volatility Index. Anything above an 8.0 is […]
Michaela’s Birthday
Had an awesome dinner at Della Fattoria downtown last night for Michaela’s birthday with Annie, Kevin, Brian and Juana. Food was amazing, slow cooked beef […]
Winter Storm Hits Northern California
We spent this last weekend at the cabin with Andi and her boyfriend Jeffrey, battling our way up to the mountains on Friday night on […]
Word of the Year
“In its 18th annual words of the year vote, the American Dialect Society voted “subprime” as the word of the year. Subprime is an adjective […]
San Francisco Restaurants
On Bob Anderson’s recommendation: Tres Agaves Bix Farralon Aqua Michael Mina Fleur de Lys Gary Danko
Mirror
Murphys Ironworks Michael Wood 3935 Cedar Mount Road Murphys CA 95247 (209) 728 2928 www.murphysironworks.com
Winter Golden Gate Bridge Photos
Was on my way home from work on New Year’s Eve and managed to snag some nice shots of the bridge in the winter sun…
Finishing 2007 at Kirkwood
We took a day trip to Kirkwood with Katrina, Luke and Kevin on the last Sunday of 2007. A few rock and stump scrapes here and […]