The Vault

2/3 of my life is gone...and I don't know where

I was watching the SD Chargers and a commercial came on for an automobile (cannot recall which one) as is typical during football games.  Clear that us guys make the purchase decisions in the auto department. As the commercial was winding down  – the last 10 seconds – this vocal chorus came on that was instantly […]

Rhapsody on Pandora discovery

A box you must open!

I’ve been a fan of Pandora for some time.  For any music lover who has been watching digital music evolve over the years, this – to me – is so significant and satisfying an experience.  Like many adaptive systems, songs and genres are linked by attributes attributed to both.

You select a […]

It's a beautiful day in San Diego

Another winner in Del Mar

<start_procrastinating/>Another winner of a day in Del Mar…”where the turf meets the surf”…5 weeks until the boston marathon and training has GOT to pick up…CTIA is next week, need to lock down the meetings now…Loved the new book by Michael Lewis “the big short” and tried to get it on my […]

Celebrating Chopin in 2010

This year is the 200 year anniversary of the birth of my favorite composer of all time: Chopin.

As I write this I’m listening to his Prelude #8 F Major….wait…it ended.  Now it’s Chopin Grande Valse Op42   Sometimes I think there is no Chopin piece that I don’t have memorized (not that I can play […]

Resetting Expectations

You can never replenish time

David Gregory used this cartoon as a springboard on today’s Meet the Press episode.  It was during the second act of the show: the political roundtable.  While MTP can really be annoyingly frustrating to watch as the David works to get pols to say something honest and sincere, the second act […]

Good Riddance 2009...Hello 2010

Even Abe looks perturbed about 2009

Top 10 reasons 2009 Sucked:

The economy for just about everybody I know…
the  Yankees won the world series
The Tour de France sucked…and I was there!
far too many good people passed away, some far too young
Being far too ignorant for my own good, I ended up with Ed Hardy glasses
after a big […]

Snoring is not a crime

not again!

I snore.

Like about 45% of the adult population who snore occasionally, or the 25% that snore all the time, I fall to sleep and learn from others that i’ve been snoring.  Mostly men, older men, fatter men.  I fit 2/3 of those categories.  I don’t know how long I’ve been doing this, but I […]

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Facebook Works: online -> face-2-face

I’ve read so many cheesy insults of Facebook.  I guess when your that big you inspire insipidness.  There are groups of self-professed “facebook haters”.    Well, that’s silly.  If you don’t like something, ignore it.  Don’t want to connect with your old high school friends that meant so much to you way back when (or maybe […]

Is every prurient detail really necessary?

Look…we all get it. Tiger likes to fool around, and had unlimited opportunity, unlimited funds and an above-average appetite.  Well, he’s a product of our time.  Porn is a huge industry, as everybody knows.  Tiger is a young(er) man.  The elephant in the room is the popularity and consumption of porn among enough people to create […]