After a two year hiatus it was great to get back on the planks for an early season day at Alpine Meadows. It was the […]
Author: Sam
Out to Point Reyes
Great to be back in the cockpit on a cruise out to the coast with Kevin and the kids!
Conspiracy
Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue, Ryan Holiday Goodreads: In 2007, a short blogpost on Valleywag, the Silicon Valley-vertical of […]
Son of Hamas
Son of Hamas, Mosab Hassan Yousef and Ron Brackin Goodreads: Since he was a small boy, Mosab Hassan Yousef has had an inside view of […]
Trick or Treat!
We had fighter pilots, a jockey, an angel… Snow White even paid us a visit!
Pumpkins on Pikes
Another super fun Halloween fest at Tara Firma Farms for this year’s Pumpkins on Pikes
Boomerang
Not my favorite of the Lewis books, but a great find at the op shop for $1!
Haben
Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law, Haben Girma Goodreads: Born with deafblindness, Girma grew up with enough vision to know when someone was […]
The Happiness Hypothesis
The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom, Jonathan Haidt An interesting read, but not a patch on The Coddling of the American Mind, […]
Golden Gate Adventures
Alexander Valley School had a student-free day today, so the kids and I took off down to the city for a day on the bikes. […]
Brazil Versus Argentina II
The boys continued their undefeated run with their second matchup against Argentina. A tight game, 1-0 the final score.
This Is Your Mind On Plants
This Is Your Mind On Plants, Michael Pollan Goodreads: In This Is Your Mind on Plants, Michael Pollan dives deep into three plant drugs – […]
Happy 80th Birthday Pops John!
We all gathered on Sunday at Estia in Henley Beach to celebrate Pops John’s 80th milestone. It was a wonderful day with so many familiar […]
Brazil Versus Argentina
A great win for Max and the boys to start the season: Brazil 2/Argentina 0!
Dirt
Dirt, Bill Buford Loved it. One of my favorite books of the last couple of years. I just wish I’d read it before we visited […]
Lone Survivor
Lone Survivor, Marcus Luttrell I wish I’d read this before I watched the movie! Goodreads: On a clear night in late June 2005, four US […]
Max’s Golden Birthday
It was Max’s golden birthday this year (for those Down Under, golden birthdays are a classic Hallmark creation: that’s the year you turn your age […]
Arnold With the Kids
The plan was to head up to Truckee for four days with Lance and the Munselle kids for some biking and mountain swimming before school […]
San Fransicko
San Fransicko, Michael Shellenberger Definitely not as good of a read as Shellenberger’s Apocalypse Never, but some interesting lessons and points of discussion, all the […]
A Weekend in Melbourne
A quick trip over to Melbourne during school holidays to visit my cousins and some friends from university