Views by the Bay

A journal from what was once the most beautiful place on Earth

Monday, January 28, 2008

Interlude

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Monday morning in Foster City. The sun broke through this morning after last week's storms. We only have a few hours to get in our natu...
Friday, January 25, 2008

The Hair of the Dog

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The stimulus package’s tax rebate has gotten the publicity, but many in the Bay Area are eyeing another provision more intently: the tentat...
Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Talking is What They Do

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Tyler Cowen has a post on a phenomenon that I’ve been pondering: As the primary elections are coming up it is interesting to note that so m...
Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Rate Cuts Don't Work

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...in this market. Despite the Federal Reserve's 3/4-percent rate cut, the highest since 1982 , the Dow is more than 100 points lower as...
Sunday, January 20, 2008

Mature Perspective

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23-year-old Honolulu Advertiser reporter Kim Fassler blogs about moving out of her parents’ house: even if monthly rent makes a significant ...
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Saturday, January 19, 2008

Glimmer

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Despite the gloomy near-term prospects for the economy, one glimmer of hope is that venture capital investments in U.S. startups climbed to ...
Sunday, January 13, 2008

Remembering Linda

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Yesterday the sun sparkled in Marin County when over 300 of us said goodbye to Linda Pei at Tiburon Presbyterian. I met both Linda and her ...
Monday, January 07, 2008

Growing Suspicions

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Tatiana on Flickr by MumbleyJoe When the kids were small, we were members of the San Francisco Zoological Society . Our monthly v...
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Tuesday, January 01, 2008

Happy New Year

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At the stroke of midnight I poured a sip of “champagne” for everyone. The bottle was Costco’s Kirkland brand and cost $20. It was the though...
Sunday, December 30, 2007

The Science is Encouraging

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Over the years the needle on my bathroom scale has risen faster than my investment portfolio (not a high standard, to be sure). The nagging ...
Friday, December 28, 2007

Pollyanna-ish About Pakistan

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Yesterday’s assassination of Benazir Bhutto was an extremely high-value “kill” for Islamic terrorists. Her death not only sets back the demo...
Tuesday, December 25, 2007

Christmas Eve at St. James by-the-Sea

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For all my objections to its ideologues (and I don’t use the word lightly) in leadership positions, I have never found any Episcopal parish...
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Monday, December 24, 2007

Financial Versification

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"Those of us who grew up wanting to be writers and are now in the financial markets don't get to scratch that itch very often,...
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Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Trek the Halls

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Serra Convalescent, Millbrae USA Today says that Christmas caroling is a vanishing tradition . Perhaps so, but the residents of thre...
Monday, December 17, 2007

Holiday Party, 2007

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Eileen, Curt, and Wing: Curt roasts some retirees. As predicted , this year’s holiday party shrunk to about 60 revelers. We showe...
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After spending the first 17 years of my life in Honolulu, I've happily settled in the SF Bay Area. Married with two children, I've worked for five companies, large and very small, in the field of finance and accounting. Education: BA, MBA. Professional: CPA (Inactive)
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