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 […]
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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…
Inga Dam
A lot of people probably think the building of a massive hydroelectric dam in a developing African nation is a good thing. Economic stimulation, sustainable […]
No Sex at Deutsche Bank
Looks like the executives over at Deutsche are going to be forfeiting some of the pleasantries they’ve gotten used to. I mean, c’mon, don’t you […]
Before the Dawn
Before the Dawn, Nicholas Wade Art kindly shipped his second copy of this book to me from Seattle, a very enlightening and interesting read. Given, […]
Dollar Surprise
Yesterday at work…
Willow Creek
Wild irises and California poppies California poppies Highway One and the California coast Lunch at the Fern Tree
California Cows
There’s a dairy on my drive home right on the Marin Sonoma county line that I’ve been trying to get a photo of all winter, […]
California Green
Too bad my hand’s not a little steadier, otherwise this photo of a hiking trail in the Marin Headlands could have been a keeper…
No Fresh Salmon This Year…
One thing I definitely do look forward to each summer is being able to buy fresh King Salmon at the supermarket here in northern Cali. […]
Idol Stamps
There’s a lot of things I’m not overly keen on seeing, Taylor Hicks’ ugly mug on a postage stamp is of one of these things. […]
Bear and Bernanke
While things have by no means calmed down in our capital markets, I have a bit of a break and am going to take Ferris […]
Bourbon and Branch
We celebrated BK turning 28 on Saturday with Bronte, Danielle and Jane down in the city. Ben got put onto an awesome little bar called […]
WordPress 2.5
After blowing up this website on Friday and spending Friday afternoon as well as the better part of Saturday morning restoring the code from scratch, I’m […]
50,000,000 Dollar Note
Poor ol’ Zimbabwe, today marked the third time in three months that the Zimbabwean Central Bank has printed a higher denomination note. The one today: […]
Morning Golden Gate Bridge
Big Air Time
There were some crazy moves being pulled at Sugarbowl last weekend…
Banff Mountain Film Festival
Luke took us to the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour last night, what an awesome event! We were awed by a series of short […]