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 […]
Chronology
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 […]
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…
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 […]
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 […]
Castle Peak
Luke and I have been throwing around the idea of getting hold of some randonee skis for a while now, so with the nice weather […]
Is Airbus in the Euro Business?
All over the news today: the Pentagon chooses Airbus to revamp it’s super-tanker fleet, awarding an up to $100 billion (USD) contract to the French […]
Stop Talking About Commodities!
I sit here every day listening to the talking heads on CNBC, watching the headlines flash by on my screens, and seeing the newspaper finance […]