Blog Master G

According to a new report in Time Magazine, my hometown has been dubbed “America’s Most Diverse City.” Pretty cool. I never really thought of Sacramento as the ultimate boiling pot (San Francisco typically has that reputation), but thinking about it now, it makes sense — except, of course, at my mostly-white high school alma mater, […]

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How ironic: Bush Optimistic on Economy ADSK 10.90 -1.11 At lunch today I hit my favorite sandwich place, Michael’s Sourdough, then ran a few move-related errands: boxes from U-Haul, satellite tripod from Radio Shack. Here’s the good part: Prior to going into Michael’s, I was going to ask where the U-Haul place was (I knew […]

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A homeless man in Rome was arrested yesterday for having made a living out of stealing thousands of euros every few days from Trevi Fountain. When the cops hung out at the fountain at dawn to wait for him, he looked right at them and proceeded to sweep up his change from the fountain. I […]

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The latest news to hit corporate America is a mere $4 billion oversight by WorldCom’s CFO, who has been promptly fired. Whoops. I guess he forgot to carry a few zeroes. OK, so he forgot to carry about nine zeroes. What the hell was he thinking? And guess who the accounting firm is? Andersen, of […]

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The big news of today is the announcement of the Bush Administration’s new proposal to create a cabinet office for Homeland Security, at a cost of a mere $37 billion. It’s always beyond me how much everything costs – even what seems to be a simple government reorganization. Changes include moving the Coast Guard from […]

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This morning was an early one. I awoke bright ‘n early at 6am to arrive at work before an 8am divisional all-hands meeting. It was one of those soothing, quiet mornings that follow a day of hard rain. The ground was still moist and there was a crispness in the air; it was not cold, […]

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