Archive for July, 2008

Summer of 2008

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

So far we have had a really exciting summer, adventuring in Portland. It has been I while since I made a new web album, so I picked the best and put them all together here for you to see. These pictures include our trip to the Oregon coast, camping, July 4th […]

Arm Chair Strategist

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

This is a movie review, sort of…
I just finished watching Inside the Green Berets, a documentary about our operations against the Taliban in Afghanistan.
The movie was well made for what is was. It was short at 60 minutes. It was short in part because it was cut short. The circumstances leading to the abrupt end […]

Interesting Times

Friday, July 11th, 2008

Sadly, I think that this may be a sign of things to come. A large bank in Southern California has failed.
The bank is blaming it on a run caused by a senator’s open letter expressing concern. Interestingly this bank specialized in Alt-A loans, which are basically one step up in quality from the sub-prime loans. […]