republicans blame democrats, and vice versa — myself, i’m just glad that they weren’t as lame as the post-911 congress. they didn’t let the executive branch tell them what to do. now, i’m all for fixing the markets, and even profit taking by opportunistic investors…but paulson et all just seem way too shady — we need some checks and balances. kudos to congress. they’ll tweak it, maybe even get rid of some capital gains taxes(hooray), and hopefully put in some other things that are ideal for those of us who are liquid and ready to take advantage of the opportunities that present themselves in the not so distant future. i’m stoked. you should be too — unless you have a ton of cash tied up in the market — in that case, you should have known better. seriously.

another early day. another 6am spin class. i can’t pick a song of the day just yet — my head is filled will all of those pop house tracks that fitness instructors love…give me some time to get them out of my head. i’m tempted to post one…but i won’t.

more to follow-

Hey, it looks like David Cay Johnston agrees with me re: the failed bailout. Check out Glenn Greenwald’s article at Salon.com
The Simultaneous Rejection of the Bailout and a Corrupt Ruling Class

I picked a song of the day. It’s “Be Back Soon,” by Justin Nozuka. Check it out

good morning. it’s been a busy one. i woke at 5am, went to spin class at 6, swam at 7, had a conference call at 8, and i’m working away in the office now…life is good. the markets aren’t happy, obviously. but i’m not convinced that paulson should get the money either –part of me is hoping that is doesn’t pass — just to see what happens.

must read:
Satyajit Das’ “WE INTERRUPT REGULAR PROGRAMMING TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HAS DEFAULTED …”
part1
part2

Hey, can I get paid in Euros?

did you get a chance to watch the senate hearings last week? definitely the coolest thing i have seen on tv in a looong time. paulson got hammered — and looked incredibly shady. who thought it was a good idea to put a former goldman guy in there? $700B? I remember in the beginning they were saying over a trillion dollars…I suppose that a billion doesn’t sound so bad…but I have to say…how much are we talking when it comes to commissions for …hhmmm… i don’t know…. goldman sachs? i heard that they were in there for all of the AIG bailout talks… you guys are shady, seriously.

Ever wonder how much $700B would buy? check it out

For example, “The ENTIRE Interstate Highway program, including construction and repairs, has ONLY cost $500 billion over the past 51 years of it’s existence.” Anyone remember the latest infrastructure rating by the society of engineers? Well, we got a “D.” Yep, our roads are jacked. But we are not paying to fix them …

The funny part is: “It’s not based on any particular data point,” a Treasury spokeswoman told Forbes.com Tuesday. “We just wanted to choose a really large number.”

no kidding…it’s gonna cost a lot more than $700B. Bloomberg analyst says $5 Trillion.. WTF?!

Oh yeah, and JP Morgan Chase bought WAMU, Wachovia got bought by Citi — serious consolidation in financial services… again, no surprises.

since the world is not really going to fall apart today…today’s song of the day is a mellow j dilla track that reminds me of quasimoto/madlib — good to listen to while working. It’s “Nothing Like This,” from Chrome Children. i don’t know how i feel about the video…but the use of animation reminded me of qbert’s full length cartoon. I’ll see if I can post something from it.

here’s a short clip of the qbert film:

and here’s the whole thing:

rock on.

shirtless geronimo is gone!
:)

sorry high school kid with the same name
not really.
you make the rest of us look bad (especially since there aren’t a lot of us named geronimo)
and put a shirt on, man.

sounds kinda creepy, doesn’t it?
yeah, i know.

previously, i would just find my linkedin page.
now there is some joker’s facebook page with him posing in front of a mirror (a la myspace).
needless to say, i was surprised.

i changed my facebook page from my alias to my name — that way no one confuses me with ’shirtless geronimo.’

i don’t like the idea of giving up more of my privacy…but i would like it even less if anyone thought that i was posting pics like that on facebook. it looks like i’ll have to launch the geronimo seo campaign

Today’s song of the day is “Big Mistake,” by Tim Fite. The song is cool, but the live performance is definitely creepy — it’s perfect for today.

such a mellow morning. today’s song of the day is “Ain’t No Reason,” by Brett Dennen. I’ll post a link later.
this one is kinda sad, but i really like it.

i’ve been super busy — i even had to work out during my lunch break in order to get everything done.
today’s song of the day is “still hangin’ around.” by g.love and special sauce.
hope that you like it.

super busy day - will post later.
:)

gotta take an exam in san diego. can’t post much. just a good morning and a theme song. Today’s song is “Planet Rock,” by Afrika Bambaataa.

btw: “Up to 10,000 staff at the New York office of the bankrupt investment bank Lehman Brothers will share a bonus pool set aside for them that is worth $2.5bn (£1.4bn), Barclays Bank, which is buying the business, confirmed last night.” The funny thing is that Barclays only paid $1.75B for the entire operation..at least their bonuses are safe .

on the other side of the spectrum, AIG’s ex-CEO refused his $22mm severance.

And since we’re rockin’ it old school…here’s a trailer from the new B-boy movie:

wtf?! trillions of dollars in a bailout? it’s unbelieveable. paulson convinced a bunch of uneducated legislators that they need to put this plan into place to save the american way of life….right on, man. at a macro level, it’s unbelieveable — but at the micro, i’m stoked. keep spending gov-ment! if only i could get them to provide subsidies for exotic cars, boats, planes, bleeding edge electronics, and sports equipment…then I’d really have the goverment working for me . forget banks and corn subsidies — bring on the g’mo subsidies! And the best part is that it won’t cost you trillions.

now, being the risk management guy that i am, i’m more focused on AIG. The latest word is that the $85B may not be enough. But given all that has happened this week, there is still hope. my guess is that they are going to break it up, sell of the good parts, and watch the bad ones die. c’mon, it’s what you would do.

today’s song of the day is for all those guys on the street laughing right now. “I Get Money,” by 50 cent. btw, the sample is MC Milk from Audio Two — true old school hip hop.

UPDATE: If you have been too busy watching the market meltdown and thinking about credit spreads, you may not have heard that Palin’s yahoo account was hacked. Here is the article from WIRED.

Here’s another at Artvoice.

It reminds me of the time someone hacked Paris Hilton’s sidekick account. marginal novelty value at best

Much cooler is the fact that Stanford put some really cool engineering course up for free. Stuff like Robotics and Computer Science courses — go cardinal!

and i forgot to mention…..we didn’t get sucked into a black hole, or destroy the planet. right on! … but do you think it had anything to do with the markets?…… hmmmmmmmmmmm…….i wonder.

I actually didn’t choose the song of the day, my mp3 player did. For some reason, it wanted me to listen to Daft Punk during my run … so I did.

Today’s song of the day is the live version of “Technologic.” It really kept my pace up Here are the studio album version and the live album version.

It also reminded me of this random youtube hands thing that I saw a while ago…lucky for you, I’m posting it here

which kinda reminds me of the creepy hands from Labyrinth

random, i know. gotta run.

More AIG info

Dealbreaker play by play

well, it looks like AIG is getting bailed out — $85B loan from the gov-ment. again, no surprises here.
gotta love tha volatility!

so a few things really rock about my neighborhood:
1. I walk to work (unheard of for so.cal)
2. I have Boba across the street
3. Not only is there a gym and lap pool in my building, but equinox is two blocks away
4. I live adjacent to a biological preserve — so I run amongst the trees and ponds (fun run this morning btw)
5. I can ride my bike to the beach.

After all my protesting, I must agree that Leinberger is right - walkable urbanity is the future. I need to send him an email.

Today’s song of the day is “Konichiwa Bitches” by Robyn. The video is so cheesy that it’s kinda fun — the same goes for her style.
But she is from Sweden - it’s not her fault . I do like the monkey costume.

now that i am back in training, the hours are running away from me (bad pun, i know ). i can’t get enough done — especially with studying for exams and learn a new industry. it helps that i have so much flexibility — but flexibility means doing something productive every minute of every day. kaizen applied — no joke. i’ve been talking a lot with people about the market — but the big thing that i am wondering about most is AIG — they want to borrow against other businesses in order to raise cash (now that sounds risky to me, especially for a risk management company).

Today’s song of the day, in keeping with the euro-pop sound that I have been rockin’ lately, is “Mnemonic,” by Robots in Disguise. It should at least make your toes tap.

hi! i only have a few minutes before i walk to work … but i wanted to post the theme song of the day.

Today’s song is “You. Me. Dancing,” by Los Campesinos. It starts out slow…but then gets really fun.

check it out

One side note: it’s a good thing you can’t see me walk. After this weekend’s workouts, my quads don’t like to walk…it’s quite a sight.

I have fed them protein, and spent quite a bit of time in the pool trying to loosen them up / overcome the DOMS — but we’re just not there yet.

oh yeah, and btw, lehman bk’d today –AIG is in trouble …. bring on the volatility

i’ll write more about this later — but i’m sure you’ll get an earful on NPR or CNBC.

my only words are — “no surprises here.”

hey everyone! i’m having so much fun picking the song of the day that i can’t help but get my groove on … and if you saw the way i was dancing, you’d be laughing too!

we’re going with Yelle. Today’s song of the day is “Je Veux Te Voir,” definitely the opposite of my sentiment this moring…but the song is fun. hope it makes you dance too! plus, the 80’s is back more than ever.

and with regard to fannie, freddie, and now wamu and lehman … c’mon man, we knew it was coming. gotta clean out the system so that we can do it all over again.

At last, the new place has an internet connection. I’ve been tethering from my phone in order to check email — but it crashed every time I tried to upload a new song of the day. I had even considered going to Panera just to update this site — but they had a bandwidth throttle as well (or so I am told).

I’m back — and you can expect updates, a new song of the day, and whatever links I feel like sharing.

Speaking of which. Today’s song of the day is “That’s Not My Name,” by The Ting Tings.

Have a great day!

i’m definitely smiling today. thank you. i have a flight to catch, but i’ll put in a quick update.
new place. new job. new focus. all of which feel great.
i’m tethering to my phone right now (running wmwifirouter — which is great) … so my access is limited — but i should have internet at the pad by next week.

today’s song of the day is alexi murdoch’s “All of My Days.”

have a great day!