The little creature emerged. A miracle. Adorable. And as the bitch’s motherly instincts kicked in, so did Mara’s. Yeah, without knowing why, Missy nudged her newborn pup. Licked it clean. Sparking a breath. For Mara it was love at first sight. Primal. And me? Well, I froze. Stuck in a Mars/Venus moment. You see, there was no point in putting up a fight. And it’s a little late to take flight. So here I sit, with 1 wif

“Flawed, complex, poorly conceived, poorly vetted, and poorly executed,” admitted JP Morgan’s CEO. And his investors promptly puked (JPM -18% since May 10). Now, it’s not that they’re worried he’ll fail; Jamie’s far too big for that. Nope, he’s just too complex to succeed. And, as everyone knows, it’s too costly to shrink. FBI arrived, to shake him down, and uncover Dimon’s crime. Let me help; he’s Human. Overly ambi

Hope all goes well. I got the bug. Pretty bad. But hey, you do too. Wouldn’t be doing this if we didn’t. Gamble, that is. Of course, we ain’t alone. Men been weighing risk/reward, calculating probabilities and placing bets, from the day some bold gambler stuck a Wooly Mammoth (betcha $1mm he got laid that night). Anyhow, as I crawled up rocks this wk, looking left, right, up – and down – evaluating footing, hand-hold

I got the bug. Pretty bad. But hey, you do too. Wouldn’t be doing this if we didn’t. Gamble, that is. Of course, we ain’t alone. Men been weighing risk/reward, calculating probabilities and placing bets, from the day some bold gambler stuck a Wooly Mammoth (betcha $1mm he got laid that night). Anyhow, as I crawled up rocks this wk, looking left, right, up – and down – evaluating footing, hand-holds too, Greeks did th

Hope all goes well. Brought Wolf and Keeve. Golden Retrievers. There’s no better breed. Oh, you disagree? Well, you’re wrong. Strong, gentle, kind, they’d follow you through Hell, tails waggin. Oh, you want smart too? Well, go find yourself a f’in PhD. Anyhow, we scaled Dragon’s Back. Leaping boulder to boulder. Eyed my initials, Mara’s too, carved deep into stone. From an earlier climb. Oh, don’t approve? Well, men

Brought Wolf and Keeve. Golden Retrievers. There’s no better breed. Oh, you disagree? Well, you’re wrong. Strong, gentle, kind, they’d follow you through Hell, tails waggin. Oh, you want smart too? Well, go find yourself a f’in PhD. Anyhow, we scaled Dragon’s Back. Leaping boulder to boulder. Eyed my initials, Mara’s too, carved deep into stone. From an earlier climb. Oh, don’t approve? Well, men been doing that fore

“The analgesic we administer has side-effects,” warned Jens Weidmann, 8th President of Germany’s Bundesbank, attacking ECB policy. Of course, he’s right. Everything has side-effects. Take hyper-inflation. It tends to have the side-effect of helping charismatic young Austrians with stubby mustaches win German elections. Which tends to lead to mass genocide. Which often leads to the creation of homelands in the Levant.

Hope all goes well. Toured our 51st state. Great White North. Ya know, over 70% of Canadian exports go to the US. That dwarfs French exports to Germany (15%). Or German exports to Italy (6%). And yet, Canada still has its own currency. Loonie right? But I used my Amex, so never noticed – not sure anyone really does. They called Canada a Banana Republic in the early 90’s. Because it was. Then they devalued. Because th

The clank of ice axes shattered our silence. I spun, to see my pack tumble. Twirl. And come to rest, far below. A blue dot, amongst granite boulders. Vincent stood motionless, looking out across the vast glacier, to distant peaks, and said, “You never let go your pack on a ledge, you know this.” And I got hot, knowing then, he’d kicked it. “You’re very tired, me too, which is why you will go get it alone, but you’re

“If you’re going to panic, make sure you panic first,” he said, approving of the way Bernanke handled monetary policy. Raised an only child to a single mother of modest means, he’d finished first, earned a place at the world’s greatest engineering university, then rushed to NY. Where he built a small fortune. As one of Wall Street’s most profitable prop traders. American dream. “Bernanke needed to act very aggressive