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Embarrassing Stories of Childhood Crushes
I ‘m a bit under the weather today, which for some reason makes me want to write something fun and useless. Behold three little stories of childhood crushes. The Chair Lift Switch The first girl I had a crush on was named Keely. I got my mom to take me to a toy store to…
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You Aren’t What You Buy
When I was in college, I bought a Rolex. In the week or so that I waited for it to come in the mail, I got really excited about the idea that I was going to have a Rolex. To me, someone who had a Rolex was a different type of person, simply because he…
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Throwing Yourself a Softball
I got a present today and it’s not even my birthday or Christmas. That present came from myself, and it came in the form of a half written blog post and the title for another one (this post here, in fact). Since implementing the no computer after 11 rule (which, I’ll admit, I’m not totally…
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Obama’s Not an Idiot, and Neither is George Bush
There’s a lot of political talk going around San Francisco these days, thanks to the recent election. There’s also a fair deal of rioting due to the Giants’ win, but that’s a different post entirely. I’ll preface this post by saying that I’m nearly completely uninterested in politics. It’s not something I think about, it’s…
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Entrepreneurs Don’t Want Jobs
If you paid me fifty times what I make now to work at a regular job, I wouldn’t do it. Over the past few weeks I’ve informally asked some of my other entrepreneur friends how much they’d have to be paid to work a normal job in their industry. None of them quoted any reasonable…
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How I Solved an Interesting Problem and Made a Web App in 72 Hours
On Tuesday night my friend Brian and I tried out a new restaurant in Tokyo. An Izakaya is a tiny bar that also serves food, popular with Salarymen. Usually the food is huddled way over on the unhealthy end of the spectrum, but we found a macrobiotic one with good reviews. We sat there…
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A Few Stories from Japan
I’ve been in Japan for just over a week now. Todd and my Japanese teacher, Michiru, just left yesterday. My friend Brian is still here. Michiru took us to a bunch of places we’d never been before, and guided us through the murky Japanese-speaking waters. Todd took a lot of great photos (same camera setup…
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Gambling With Your Friends to Stay Honest
Here’s a habit I have which I hate, that you might be able to relate to. A friend might say that he thinks that a Zodiac boat goes really slow. I then reply that I’m not sure, but I think they’re quite fast. As we go back and forth, I become more and more convinced…
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VIDEO: Twenty Four Hours in Beijing Part I
I woke up on Friday in an incredible amount of pain. My ankle, which I injured the night before during a particularly vigorous game of trampoline-dodgeball, had swollen the point that it looked like a bruised potato with toes dangling off. Even the slight pressure of my blankets sent rushes of pain through my foot.…
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Who Are You Listening To?
Tomorrow I’m going to go check out some granite slabs so that I can replace my particle-board RV counters with granite. In preparation for the new counters I’ve ordered a new sink and faucet, and will be taking a look at a stove on Friday. The faucet came in today. I got home at midnight,…
