Archive for August, 2008

Sustainability

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

In recent years I have tried to live my life as "green" and sustainable as possible. My recent move out to San Francisco, where everywhere you look you see the word "green", has provided me with increased motivation! I recently made the jump back to a car-free life. It ...

Olympics Part II- The Medals

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

For my second Olympic post, I was going to write about winning a silver medal versus a bronze medal, but then my friend graciously informed me that a one Jerry Seinfeld had already done a bit on this very topic. I will instead let the master himself perform pretty ...

Olympics Part I: Go US Fencing team?!

Monday, August 18th, 2008

I have never been into the Olympics quite like I have been for the 29th Olympiad.  Welcome then to my first Olympic installment! Most of us remember the Dream Team, Michael Johnson's double gold, or the failure of the men's basketball team to bring home gold in 2004.  As for most ...

More Perspective

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

Perspective had paid me a visit a little over a month ago in the form of a wonderfully pleasant cab driver in Vegas (see post titled "Perspective") and had given me a necessary dose of positivism.  About a week or so ago, I had another encounter with perspective.  This second ...

True Love

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

I had the honor of attending one of my closest friend's wedding in Los Angeles this past weekend. It was an absolute beautiful experience, and being that it was the first wedding I have ever been too, I won't soon forget it. I hadn't seen my friend in over three ...