By Matthew Leising and Elizabeth Hester JPMorgan Chase & Co. managed to generate $5 billion in profit during the worst year in Wall Street history […]
Chronology
The Melting Pot
The Bodessis took us out to dinner on Saturday night to celebrate Mrs. V’s 30th; after our fondue experience on our recent trip to Banff we […]
Sick
Sick, Jonathan Cohn I was browsing around The Book Passage in Corte Madera with a Christmas gift voucher from my mum when I saw this […]
Banff and Lake Louise
We spent the last week in Banff in Alberta, Canada to celebrate Greg’s 60th birthday as well as Mrs. V’s 30th. We split our time […]
Gang Leader For A Day
Gang Leader For A Day, Sudhir Venkatesh Whilst studying for his PhD. in sociology at the University of Chicago, Sudhir Venkateshchose to take a slightly […]
Three Cups Of Tea
Three Cups Of Tea, Greg Mortensen Finding himself stranded and close to death after an attempted summit of K2 in the Karakoram range of the […]
Greg’s 60th Birthday
We took Friday off to head up to the cabin to celebrate Greg’s 60th birthday with him; we didn’t expect to be greeted with close […]
Mexican Central Bank Currency Intervention
Since the events toward the end of last summer emerging market currencies have been taking an absolute beating. Mexico, Brazil, Hungary, you name it… The […]
6% Checking Account Interest?!
Mountain Biking Control Check
I learned a little lesson today, the hard way. I learned that it’s not a good idea to lead a very competent mountain biker down […]
Halliburton Settles KBR Suit For $559 Million
In the words of Art Enyedy… Halliburton? Bribery? Corruption? No Way!
Exxon Sets New Profit Record
The fact that Exxon just broke its own profit record in these dire financial times is a noteworthy achievement. Given where oil was trading throughout […]
Bogue’s 30th Birthday
I can’t think of too many more fun ideas for a 30th birthday party than an eighties ski gear pub crawl through San Francisco’s Marina […]
Oil Contango Disappearing?
There has been quite a bit of talk amongst my colleagues, in the news and on other blogs recently about oil companies and even investment […]
Arch Rock And Marshall
Yeah, we like Arch Rock, there’s a few posts on The Lemon featuring the arch out in Point Reyes National Seashore. But yesterday our trip […]
New Year’s Eve
Tequila shots before dinner (left and middle), and dinner with Andi and Jeffrey at Central Market (right) Playing dice at Volpi’s (middle) […]
Bear Valley and Bear Trap Basin
Spent a couple of days at the cabin last weekend, after a few feet of fresh snow and the temperature at 6000 feet staying below […]
1001 Nights In Iraq
1001 Nights In Iraq, Shant Kenderian A gift from my mother-in-law for my birthday, 1001 Nights In Iraq is quite a harrowing story of an […]
Aussie ASX 200 Fat Finger?
Or maybe someone didn’t realize the amount to which Aussies like to drink and be merry at this time of year, thereby underestimating liquidity in […]
Sedona
It seems to have become a bit of a tradition that we take a trip to Arizona for Cheryl’s birthday each year, this year we […]