Jerry and Paul took me out to one of their secret abalone spots north of Jenner yesterday for abalone season opening day. Even though the […]
Chronology
Adios Amigos
Abalone Season Opening Day
Goodbye From Stonestreet!
The SCA Trail
Dear A.I.G., I Quit!
The following is a letter sent on Tuesday by Jake DeSantis, an executive vice president of the American International Group’s financial products unit, to Edward […]
How Starbucks Saved My Life
How Starbucks Saved My Life, Michael Gates Gill This one is a bit of a feelgood tale, the story of a high-flying advertising executive born […]
Escape
Escape, Carolyn Jessop I read Jon Krakauer’s Under the Banner of Heaven a few years ago and was absolutely dumbstruck by the existence and far-reaching […]
Estero De Americano
JPMorgan Earns $5B Derivatives Profit
By Matthew Leising and Elizabeth Hester JPMorgan Chase & Co. managed to generate $5 billion in profit during the worst year in Wall Street history […]
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!