Had a fantastic weekend up at the cabin for Fourth of July long weekend. I think this was our biggest crowd yet, 14 partygoers in […]
Author: Sam
Independence Day Long Weekend at the Cabin
The Lure of Currency ETFs
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 […]
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 […]