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I swam 3000 yards today, which by my calculations, is the farthest I’ve gone since 2001.  Felt great!

What would happen if GM or Chrysler (or Ford) stopped receiving federal bridge loan money to fund their turnaround attempts?  The airline industry declared bankruptcy and came out of it just fine, right?
Buying a car is fundamentally different from buying a plane ticket.  Buying a car is a long-term engagement (I don’t want to say [...]

GM and Chrysler returned to Congress yesterday to submit their turnaround plans and –since they were in the neighborhood– ask for more federal loan money.  Specifically, GM said they could run out of cash to fund their operations next month without federal assistance.
In December, Congress gave both companies the homework assignment to draw out a [...]

We had a softball roster signing party tonight for The Stockpilers.  Catch the nuclear weapons reference?  It’s Bryn’s work softball team that I was grateful to be recruited for last season.
It was a build-your-own pizza party, which was a great idea.  I attempted to re-create Papa Murphy’s Gourmet Chicken Garlic pizza, and I must say [...]

I’ve been wasting lots of time lately on FailBlog.org.  Lots of funny pictures and videos for your amusement.

Check out this site for some cool pictures taken at interesting angles.  Our attempts really can’t compete.

The Art of the Start by Guy Kawasaki is required reading for entrepreneurs in any stage of their start-up.  He covers everything from choosing a name to pitching venture capitalists to changing the world.  The book is all about keeping the balance between your revolutionary, game-changing ideas, and your modesty.
Guy is the founder of Garage [...]

I’m definitely looking forward to the Angels & Demons movie, which comes out in May.  The Da Vinci Code book was entertaining, but Angels & Demons was better.  Hopefully the movie will be good too!

And is The Solomon Key book ever coming out?

Bryn and I must have been channeling our inner San Francisco personas today.  We started out with a yoga class in Pleasanton, followed by a visit to the farmer’s market.  I’m a yoga noob so the beginner-intermediate class was a challenge.  I might be sore tomorrow but Bryn was a champ.  I gave up on [...]

Here is a cute letter written to Ford CEO Alan Mulally: