September 09, 2019

blog update

Realized it's been months since I have blogged and literally years since I posted regularly. For those of you who still follow the site (somewhere between 50 and 200 people still visit a day, mostly via Google to check out rub & tug reviews)... I am still alive. Work, kids, new dog etc...

Anyway, strangely motivated to login today, so this is what's up:

Been reading a ton, too many books to list. Moderately looking forward to Borderlands 3 (video game). Not sure he should be in the White House, but I find Trump funnier every day. Really dig Jordan Peterson's latest stuff on motivation. Exercise every day now, but no fixed diet (if I did, I'd do intermittent fasting which makes the most sense to me). Still think Iraq was a shitshow but recognize I was right for the wrong reasons.

Best cannabis product on the market: Needed Blends.

Favorite podcast (usual disclaimers apply): Occupy a Job on Wall Street. Now also in Spanish., wahoo!

Somewhat interested in the Talent Agency space - WME is going to IPO next year. Where else can you get 10% spreads? Wall Street is lucky if they clip 7bp lately.

Mildly bullish on the market... certainly a change from my blogging in the 2000s!

That's it for now, bed time for the littles.

Sep 9, 2019 8:15:32 PM | Geopolitics, Jokes, Kind Therapies, Markets, Occupy a Job on Wall Street , Politics, Weblog

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May 15, 2019

it's not your imagination

the climate in NYC is definitely changing, and it’s terrible...

In the 10 years between 2006 and 2015, NYC received 43” of rain on average per year, in line with the 100 year average. The range of annual rainfalls was very tight – with a low of 36” in 2007 and a high of 56” in 2011.

In the last 30 months, NYC has received on average 56” of rain per year, or 30% more rain than normal. This period includes a ridiculous 12-month stretch of 72”. It’s May 14^th and we have already met our historical monthly average for all of May – such occurrences have become fairly frequent lately. For perspective, Miami – which is technically in the subtropics zone – averages 61” per year, and the less rainy parts of the amazon receive ~80” per year. It may surprise you to see NYC is getting more rain of late than the following cities – all of which you’d assume get more rain than we do:

Seattle: 38”

London: 23”

Rio: 50”

Dublin: 30”

Sydney: 41”

Bali: 48” (worth stating the obvious that Bali is a tropical island ~400 miles from the equator)

May 15, 2019 6:42:41 AM | NYC

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April 18, 2019

random Tiger

Apr 18, 2019 7:22:00 AM | Crap

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March 28, 2019

random

Mar 28, 2019 6:13:53 PM | Jokes, Politics

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March 10, 2019

oldie but a goodie

Mar 10, 2019 7:47:13 AM | Jokes, Politics

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March 08, 2019

too ironic to be true

An heiress worth millions of dollars, who has never had to work a day in her life, thinks people who are currently working hard are overpaid.

Heiress Abigail Disney thinks corporate America is being paid too much.

The granddaughter of Roy Disney, co-founder of The Walt Disney Co. with brother Walt Disney, said Thursday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box ” that she thinks “CEOs in general are paid far too much.”

The US must make structural changes by taxing the wealthy, says Disney Heiress
Disney refused to comment on whether she thinks Disney CEO Bob Iger is paid too much. But she did say, “If your CEO salary is at the 700, 600, 500 times your median workers’ pay, there is nobody on Earth, Jesus Christ himself isn’t worth 500 times his median workers’ pay.”

Hard to believe this is not a parody.

Mar 8, 2019 2:48:19 PM | Economics, Markets, Politics