October 2008
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ACC Football Picks
Since moving to NYC I’ve had to get my weekly ACC sports fill from online newspapers and blogs. In my opinion, the best ACC sports blog out there is penned by JP Giglio and his crew at the News & Observer.
Each week they ask a fan to pick the weekend games against an expert panel from the newsroom. This week, the lucky fan is yours truly.
Check out my picks at the ACC Now site.
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Hello World
When I was about six years old I played soccer for a team my parents coached called the Guilford College Eagles. Most of my teammates were a year older than me due to the two year age brackets our local league used. One of these teammates was a new kid in town whose family had just moved from Michigan. His name was Ben Furnas.
The Eagles proved to be a resilient and loyal bunch, as a large...
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It's Sweater Season
Most of you have probably noticed that as summer gives way to autumn, there is a definitive switch from polo shirts to long sleeves in the office. Even more than that, there is a natural, albeit subtle, rise in the number of sweaters which show up.
The sweater is a garment which doesn’t get it’s fair share of the love - more than an accessory, but less than a necessity, the sweater...
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WatchScenes from Queens
I already shared about our weekend trip to Queens Farm. But I thought you guys might be interested in some visual proof. And it’s a good chance for us to introduce some of our new friends who we’ve met in the city.
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America's Farmland: Queens
I bet a lot of you have a perception of Queens.
You know, that dirty, crowded, warehouse-filled piece of land east of Manhattan. The highway you hope you don’t get stuck on during your taxi ride into the city.
Perhaps the last thing you’d associate with Queens is a farm. But I’m here to tell you that the Queens County Farm exists - and it’s pretty cool.
It may indeed...
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Tar Heel Born and Bred
I’ve already written a bit about the solid weekend in North Carolina, which featured great times with family and friends as well as the UNC game. In addition to the fun I’ve already described, I also had a blast participating in the UNC men’s soccer alumni weekend. For those of you who don’t know, I had the unique privilege of playing on the UNC men’s soccer team as...
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WatchFurnas and I caught some lunch at Sutton’s while in Chapel Hill on Friday. While eating at the counter, we met a new friend named Linda who happens to be a Sutton’s regular. She was nice enough to let me take some video of our conversation - I think you’ll enjoy.
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WatchA view of the epic UNC-Notre Dame game, as seen by yours truly.
The video quality for the in-game shots is only so-so. But hopefully you can get an idea of just how awesome the game was.
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NC Quick Hits
Today is Tuesday, our (and by our, I mean the banking industry) annual celebration of Chris Columbus is done, and I’m back to the daily grind in NYC.
After an awesome weekend in North Carolina, there’s just so much to share – I have some great video of the UNC game that needs some editing, some funny stories to share, and thoughts galore about my first trip back since the move up North. Suffice...
Carolina on my Mind
I’m getting pretty excited.
You see, as much as I love living in the city (and I can honestly say that we’ve adjusted and are really loving it now), there’s something about heading back to the Old North State which fires me up.
So tomorrow morning around 5:00 am when I’m catching a cab to LaGuardia, I won’t be lamenting my early morning or the inevitable hassle of...
WatchAs a reward for those of you who have suffered through my thoughts on the financial crisis (including, but not limited to the Black Swan post below), here’s an entertainingly if sad-but-true take from Stephen Colbert and Jim Cramer. Whether or not you typically agree with Colbert and Cramer, this is funny stuff.
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Financial Crisis = Black Swan
I’m currently about 3/4 of the way through The Black Swan, a 2007 book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb which looks at the “impact of the highly improbable.”
The basic premise of the book is a theory of Taleb’s which asserts that our world is in effect dominated by Black Swan events - which according to the summary are “unpredictable, carry a massive impact, and, after the...
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WatchLast week I took the Mino with me to catch a glimpse of Tracy ballin’ in her basketball league. Hope you all enjoy.
I apologize
I owe you all an apology.
You see, just about a week ago I posted about how we got a new Flip Mino, which is smaller than your cell phone and would allow us to post awesome videos of the crazy things we see around New York.
Fast forward to last night as Tracy and I were riding the subway home from a Young Life dinner we had attended. It was close to 10pm and the train was relatively empty...