February 2009
5 posts
Apparently, working four hours a week requires...
I started reading “The 4-Hour Workweek” at the suggestion of a dear friend who read and enjoyed it. I’d heard a little bit of buzz about the book, and hey, who wouldn’t like to free up 36+ hours every week?
While Tim Ferriss’ ideas were certainly interesting, and some perhaps even useful, I had a really difficult time getting over his absolute cockiness and...
Fly me to San Diego
I’m getting a little tired of the cold, dreary winter days we’ve been having at home. (Ed. note: It hasn’t been that bad. Grant is a sissy.) A little escape to Southern California would surely clear this. The temperature is a FULL THREE DEGREES WARMER in San Diego than at home right now. Sounds like bliss to me.
Jackie "Moms" Mabley would be the star of my ideal...
Jackie “Moms” Mabley
If there’s anything sports fans love, it’s edgy racial comedy from a tired-looking dead woman. But seriously, she was amazing.
The Posies
Many recent Super Bowl performers (Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney) have been classic rock artists with a penchant for anthems. While these artists have certainly contributed to...
January 2009
9 posts
Meet Plinky
After months of toiling in obscurity, responding to friends’ inquiries about what I do with, “You’ll see,” I’m proud to say that the company I’ve been working for has launched Plinky. My brother Jason founded the startup last year. It’s been really interesting to see the idea come to light at first from a spectator’s standpoint, and then join the...
If I were an overnight thousandaire
Even though my CD shelves are bursting at the seams, I would probably go on a mad rampage at a decent indie record store like Rasputin’s or Amoeba. There’s nothing like the thrill of combing through the “used” section at a record shop and uncovering all kinds of things I know I want or spontaneously decide I do.
I would be remiss, however, if I didn’t allocate...
The Sponge does not wear tights
As previously mentioned, I’m a huge fan of Batman. While older incarnations of Batman wore what could be described as tights, his modern outfit is much more functional, so I’ll take a tip from him and go with a fancy Kevlar and carbon fiber suit.
As for my superhero name, I’m not sure. Seems like most of the good animals are already spoken for (bats, wolverines, hawks,...
Nothing funny happened on the way to the Forum
Thank goodness for Rick Steves and his sensible European guide books (and his even more sensible earth-toned clothing). Without Steves’ practical advice and guided walking tours through Rome, I don’t know if we would have sought out the Roman Forum on our own when my wife and I were there for our honeymoon.
On paper, it sounded interesting: the ruins of ancient Rome’s...
This is why my mom should have let me have a dog
by Duchamp
As a child, I subscribed to Zoobooks magazine, which featured photos, illustrations and stories about various animals and how they could kill you. Naturally, I loved it.
One of my favorites was the killer whale (real name: Orchid), which despite its menacing sounding name, was not a whale at all, but actually a murderous dolphin.
If I could somehow keep a killer whale at...
The road to adulthood is paved with berber carpet
There’s no single “Wonder Years”-like moment that I recall making a grand shift from boy to man, but rather a series of little steps that got me to being (mostly) adult. If I had to pick one of those, though, it would be this:
After college, Heather and I each lived with our parents to save money until about three months before our wedding. While we’d each had...