Personal Stories

I suppose it's important in the midst of all this economic and socialist meltdown engulfing our country and our world that we should still remember that other things are important too. Like blowing off a little steam and having some fun sometimes. So a couple friends of mine and I were supposed to have some steaks and wine Thursday night, but one of the dudes ends up with a last minute invite ... read more

You'd think AC/DC just wrote this song about our current environment, no? Who made who? The people make it all happen. Not Wall Street. Not Paulson. Not Bush or Pelosi. And neither Obama nor McCain made you either. They can destroy you. They can't make you. Read the lyrics. Think about whether the intervention helps or hurts you. Who made you? AC/DC -- Who Made Who? The video ... read more

You realize that Bill Gross finished his September Outlook newsletter with the following paragraph? The bill for our collective speculative profligacy, obvious in the deflating asset markets, can be paid now or it can be paid later. Those aspiring for a perfect 800 on the Wall Street policy exam would conclude that the tab will be less if paid up front, than if swept under a rug of moral ... read more

1. “Bizarre” Ain’t Good 2. Temporarily Vicious 3. Sentimental Rally Ahead 1.  Condo Rice dismissively says the Russian reaction to our signed missile deal with Poland was “bizarre”.   Uh, isn’t “bizarre” the worst case scenario when it comes to geopolitical actions? 2.  There’s a new less-global economy and society that we’ve entered into as we enter this ... read more

I had an interesting back and forth with a Congressman's Press Secretary...how great is it that we can have discussions like this in this country? I'd imagine the tone from say a Chinese representative might be a little different than this. Great country. Let's keep on keeping it that way. Cody, Big fan of the show; my boss, Congressman Garrett (R-NJ) has been on with y'all a couple of ... read more

Try to see if I'll give up but there wasn't any luck it's a fact, fact of life that's the games, games of strife everything is all in stride So I'm sailin, well I'm sailin on Well I'm movin, hey I'm movin on Sail on, sail on. -- Bad Brains It was one of the best nights of my life. Rebecca and I had just hosted a block party on Wall Street(!) and I was boarding a plane for Milan ... read more

“The universe unfortunately has a way of course-correcting. You don’t do it because you choose to, you do it because you’re supposed to.” - Ms Hawking, Lost Episode "Flashes Before Your Eyes" Yeah, I watched a lot of Lost during my forced rest and lethargic days the last couple weeks. I do believe it's the best television in the ... read more

I've always liked Thoreau, even though I associate him with the time my college basketball coach (by title, not by mentorship), Dave Bliss turned to me in the middle of a practice one day and asked me if knew who Thoreau was. We UNM Lobos had lost a couple games in a row and dropped out of a short-lived run in the Top 25, and he was not happy about it. Sure I said and he said, "you know what ... read more

In a while will the smile on my face turn to plaster? Stick around while the clown who is sick does the trick of disaster For the race of my head and my face is moving much faster Is it strange I should change? I don't know, why don't you ask her? -- Neil Young All day Wednesday at Fox, my right eye was watering and really bothering me. I don't have allergies, but I figured the only ... read more

An' though the rules of the road have been lodged It's only people's games that you got to dodge And it's alright, Ma, I can make it. -- Bob Dylan Last night at the delicious restaurant in NoLiTa, Peasant, I munched on six different dishes -- Octopus, mozzarella, prosciutto, roasted suckling pig, and stuffed Cornish hen. I'd last been to Peasant with James Altucher and the bartender, ... read more