Believe the Lie

Yesterday, I met with Nurse Mary and asked her a simple question: “How healthy is the Vo?” Twenty minutes later, the results are in.
Test | Score | Normal
Blood Pressure | 122/78 | 120/80
Heart Rate | 80 | 60-100
Blood Sugar | 88 | 60-120
Cholesterol | LOW* |

Excelelnt article in MSN Money about Costco and their rise to the top. Most of their revenue is made from memberships which is due mostly in part to their 1% profit margin. They have very strict rules about how much they mark up merchandise and will drastically cut prices if they receive a discount from [...]

Five years ago, a young man had a dream. A goal that was so seemingly unreachable that it’s very elusiveness added to the allure and instilled a fire deep within the man’s heart. The dream was to eat at The French Laundry and that man is me.

The French Laundry was started in 1994 [...]

We woke up refreshed on Monday morning, excited at what the day had in store for us. The weather was beautiful with hints of gloominess looming in the distance. We got ready and left, with Ted driving towards Mountain View. It’s so strange, Prakash and I go years without seeing each other and today would [...]

After we got settled in, we spent the next hour or so looking up various restaurants for places to eat. Ted issued a decree that we had to eat at Zachary’s Chicago Pizza in Berkeley (later we found out they had locations all over San Francisco, including Berkeley). We shot him down, citing (some) bad [...]