As a kid, I was raised on the wonderful world of Disney’s version of the table-cloth, the donkey and the stick. As a father, I found myself reading Kimmel’s version of this story to my kids. There is one exciting and extraordinary difference between the two. It struck me so profoundly that I had to share it here.
In Disney’s version, [...]
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Magic Sticks vs. Magic Dreidels
Friday, September 5, 2008
First Lessons in Cologne
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
My socially conscious ten-year old asked for cologne for his b-day last week. I know, he’s only ten. He shouldn’t be thinking about stuff like that. But he is. So, being a responsible but indulgent parent, I took him to the mall and taught him most of what I know (which isn’t much - but turned [...]
GOOD NEWS! NO MORE MARKET TALK!
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Dear everybody (or nobody and all of the crickets chirping in the background),
After many months of care-free and random posts, I have finally been persuaded to bifurcate my content.
Here is why: My family and friends don’t care for the professional perspectives and my peers in the industry don’t care for the “daddy blogs.” Oh, and [...]
NASDAQ Market Replay is HOT!
Friday, August 8, 2008
If you ever wanted to really see WHO moves (or moved) the market, this is the application that shows you everything. This is especially helpful for those paranoid types who think that the market maker is targeting their stop-loss just to screw them. Now you have proof that it is just supply and demand.
Vacation, Had to Get Away
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Fitzoner just kick-started my blog by telling me that he is tired of staring at a horse’s ass at my blog. So this post is for him, because he is a big fan of the Go Go’s and avid fitness historian. He’s the kind of guy that can tell us how many calories per [...]
What Bees Want (Colony Collapse Disorder Cured!)
Friday, July 11, 2008
The kids and I began construction on the second story of the bee house yesterday. We should have it finished today. Timothy is frowning because he doesn’t like his picture taken. And yes, Sarah is giving me bunny ears.
About the bees, while they are multiplying well in my back yard, I worry about CCD. So yesterday I spent [...]
Not a Real Bull Market
Thursday, July 10, 2008
The bullish prices recently should not be confused with a bull market. I’m convinced that, like the guy pulling the rope to control the ride and influence the rider’s reaction in the photo above, we are just getting jerked around. Until total transparency exists in the market, democratization (or equal chances of success) is impossible.
For [...]
My Tribute to John Templeton (RIP)
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
His views on the economy were published in Forbes yesterday and his obit is in BusinessWeek today. To me, he was the embodiment of a contrarian extraordinaire. It takes nerves of steel to buy into a panic, but it also takes considerable judgement to call the bottom on the price. In essence, he believed that Wall Street was [...]
Web Apps Way Fast (like, in 4 days)
Monday, July 7, 2008
Matt Week - Day Two Time Lapse from Elliott Kember on Vimeo.
If you don’t think this accomplishment is amazing, you gotta give it up for the music. Great tune.
I hate that this guy died. Happy 4th of July.
Friday, July 4, 2008
The grenade on the ground senario has always bugged me. Why in the hell hasn’t the military devised a better solution to the simple grenade than the life and body sacrifice? Mythbusters suggests a 2-gallon plastic bucket of water does the trick. Another guy mentions “dragon skin” body armor. If nobody else has a [...]
Groupswim Gleams with Good Ideas
Thursday, July 3, 2008
First read this: Implementing Collaborative Software - No Problem
Next, read this:
Jason,
Excellent summary and I couldn’t agree more. In my experience, item #3 was the failure point. Change management at the leadership level was far more difficult (in fact, it ended up terminal) than training the front lines to contribute best practices commonly/collaboratively.
In retrospect, here is what [...]
Upon the Recommendation of the Faculty…
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Tommy: Did you hear I graduated?
Richard Hayden: Yeah and just a shade under a decade. All right.
Tommy: You know a lot of people go to college for seven years.
Richard Hayden: I know, they’re called doctors.
That about sums it up for me. Catch a few more funnies from this film at this 00:01:48 youtube clip.
Consider the Lilies of the Field
Friday, June 13, 2008
Are you done considering them? Me too. Fun, huh? They are also called Calochortus Nuttallii.
Noah Brian Anderson - the Line of Authority
Sunday, June 8, 2008
The Priesthood of Aaron was conferred upon Noah a week ago today. Here is the history and record of his line of authority:
Noah B. Anderson was ordained a Deacon on June 1, 2008 by his father Brian K. Anderson.
Brian K. Anderson was ordained an Elder on Jan. 6, 1991 by his father Kent T. Anderson.
Kent T. Anderson was [...]
Jared and Erin, I miss these cats
Sunday, June 8, 2008
No, they aren’t dead, I just don’t see them nearly enough.
