Northern California beach (Stinson) on a Tuesday in January.

Epic video of Jimmy Fallon doing Tim Tebow as David Bowie.

Like countless others, I’m an eternal fan of Michael Lewis. He’s been a reliable and entertaining chronicler of finance, technology and sports for decades, and he’s still going strong with books, magazine articles, and now movie scripts. Here’s a feature piece on him. New York Magazine: It’s Good To Be Michael Lewis

On Monday high net worth marketer April Rudin told her Twitter followers “for the epitome of coolness, follow @thebasispoint” and I responded with “Tx April! but now I’m worried: coolness is gone once found.” But she held the line with: “coolness is eternal.” It prompted me to dig up some coolness writings I’d done many [...]

Mark Cuban told WSJ today that traditional investment methodologies only work for major players and mean nothing for individuals. He also talks patent law and the U.S. economy and politics. Video below and Cuban’s blog has more.

I am smart enough to realize that I am not smart enough to know, “Why the focus is more on the debt ceiling than on actually reducing our deficit?” To me, it seems like an artificial waste of time and energy—raising the debt ceiling has happened 10 times since 2001, and our government spends a [...]

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Here’s a conversation I overheard while passing a 30-something mother and her 8-to-10 year old daughter on a hike today. It’s a good lesson in reality. You choose which reality. Daughter: I really need this new stuffed bear. Mom: Maybe we should talk about the definitions of need and want. Can you tell me what [...]

First Greece, now Vancouver. But for entirely different reasons.

Today was 100th Bay To Breakers marathon in San Francisco, which isn’t so much a marathon as it is a 7.46 mile race across the city, and isn’t so much a race as it is a citywide partying marathon. Photos below from SFGate’s full set. And if you don’t care for party pics, also below [...]