Views by the Bay

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

Tuesday, January 31, 2023

San Francisco: Pay Taxes and Employ People, Get Strangled by Regulation

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Twitter employee catching 140 winks ( Econ Times ) In yet another example of strangulation by regulation the City of San Francisco has told...
Monday, January 30, 2023

Inflation Freak-Out

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( Lyceum photo) A century ago the Wall Street Journal was mostly read in wood-panelled drawing rooms by pipe-smoking men in grey flannel s...
Sunday, January 29, 2023

Sandwich-Making Improvements: Assembling

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On Saturday morning Daniel and I got there a few minutes early and laid out the ingredients and supplies on two tables. Valerie, David, an...
Saturday, January 28, 2023

Sandwich-Making Improvements: Purchasing

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Before making the brown bag lunches for the community center one has to buy the ingredients. Your humble blogger/purchasing agent often made...
Friday, January 27, 2023

And How Did That Make You Feel?

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( Sleepstation image) To the list of tips for falling asleep (turn off screens, avoid stimulating entertainment, don't exercise before ...
Thursday, January 26, 2023

Asteroids

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Asteroid 2023 BU’s trajectory is in red (WSJ illustration) An asteroid flew by earth today, missing it by a mere 2,200 miles: An asteroid...
Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Not as Gaudy, But Content Nonetheless

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Having been out of the job market for a while, I view a story like this with astonishment: Stanford MBAs now make a median $175,000 salary a...
Tuesday, January 24, 2023

It's the Content That Keeps Us Wide-Eyed

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( Cleveland Clinic photo) The blue light on our smartphone is a minor factor in keeping us awake at night. The content is a much greater d...
Monday, January 23, 2023

Still Binary After All These Years

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(WSJ illustration) For men's underwear it's still a boxers vs. briefs world, but now there's a multiplicity of colors, material...
Sunday, January 22, 2023

Kung Hee Fat Choy

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Mirroring Foster City's demography, about 20% of the local Episcopal church's membership consists of people with Chinese ancestry. ...
Saturday, January 21, 2023

Another Sign I Should Stay Retired

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If I'd known personal branding was important I would have taken better care (WSJ illuatration) Here are Five Skills College Students Wi...
Friday, January 20, 2023

Nary a Tweet

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I recall the uproar when Elon Musk was letting go 3,000 people from Twitter, today Google is firing 12,000 people but not a word from MSM 😄...
Thursday, January 19, 2023

Prediction: No One Will Lose Their Job Over This

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I'm not activating the card until I'm ready to spend the entire amount immediately. $20 billion was stolen from California unemplo...
Wednesday, January 18, 2023

Water Storage Funding: Fooled Again for the Umpteenth Time

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Location of the Sites Reservoir , proposed in the 1980's We've posted frequently (for example here , here , and here ) on Californi...
Tuesday, January 17, 2023

Gimme Some of That Goat's Rue

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I take one in the morning and one at night . Nearly a year ago I commented on the off-label benefits of metformin : Metformin, which I'...
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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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