Views by the Bay

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

Thursday, August 28, 2008

The Golden Man

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When I was ten, I tackled James Michener’s Hawaii . It had been a huge bestseller, both in the newly minted 50th State and on the Mainland. ...
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Tuesday, August 26, 2008

A Warm, Sunny Day

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Six Flags Discovery Kingdom is an odd amalgam of thrill rides and animal exhibits. When Marine World departed from its costly Peninsula digs...
Saturday, August 23, 2008

Too Many Words

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One of the reasons bloggers can’t enter politics---besides our their obvious personal deficiencies---is that there’s too much of a paper e...

Walking in His Footsteps

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The Post writes about how Barack Obama’s Hawaiian childhood shaped the man. The article helped me to understand him better. He was born in ...
Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Back to School Night at Staples

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Along with other exasperated parents, I stood in line for nearly an hour at Staples to buy school supplies for the youngster. We couldn'...

Not the Best Tool

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As a blogging tool the iPhone leaves a great deal to be desired. Touch-typing skills slow to 10% of normal. The iPhone doesn't permit cu...
Saturday, August 16, 2008

The Two Best Men

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Rick Warren (“The Purpose-Driven Life”) of the Saddleback Church interviewed Barack Obama and John McCain tonight . My political views are m...
Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Off Script

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Barack Obama’s life is being made into a movie . And why not? His multicultural background, his meteoric rise in the world of politics, his ...
Tuesday, August 12, 2008

The Great Humiliator

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Decades ago my finance professors lectured that it was impossible to outwit the market, but I stubbornly resisted their teaching. I refused ...
Friday, August 08, 2008

O Lucky Man

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Happy birthday to my kid brother, born on this luckiest of dates 48 years ago. Fortune always seemed to favor him. He was the handsomest of ...
Thursday, August 07, 2008

Ticket to the 21st Century

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iPhone and Ferry Building It was time to pick up my ticket to the 21st century. After work on Tuesday I hurried to the San Mateo Cingular o...

Running a Tight Ship

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Our new blank checks arrived over the weekend in a flat cellophane mailer, not in the convenient cardboard storage boxes that we had grown a...
Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Ducks and Cover, with Flowers

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The cable box cover is an ugly lime green. One afternoon it appeared on our lawn, and I became acquainted with the term "easement"...
Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Forms in our Future

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For the first time in my life I donated to a candidate for political office. No, it wasn’t a large sum. (It was $199---one dollar below the...
Friday, July 25, 2008

Obama Humor: It's There if You Look for It

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Two months ago I posted without comment this observation by economist Thomas Sowell: If Barack Obama had given a speech on bowling, it might...
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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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