I can’t believe how jealous I am of Tony Hawk. He is three months younger than me. He was the world champion of skate boarding for 12 years in a row. He’s…
I can’t believe how jealous I am of Tony Hawk. He is three months younger than me. He was the world champion of skate boarding for 12 years in a row. He’s sold a billion dollars worth of video games. But that’s not why I am jealous of him. Every single day since he was […]
When I was at a corporate IT job, I kept wondering: What are all these people doing? Many people were on the phone. Or were already outdated by new software systems. The…
When I was at a corporate IT job, I kept wondering: What are all these people doing? Many people were on the phone. Or were already outdated by new software systems. The corporation wouldn’t fire them until much later. When layoffs were mandated. But they were mandated. And they lost their jobs. And now I […]
It started when I lost millions of dollars in a day. It ended when my marriage ended. This year. What an f-ed up year. I was lost. I was gone. I was…
It started when I lost millions of dollars in a day. It ended when my marriage ended. This year. What an f-ed up year. I was lost. I was gone. I was destroyed. It was the best year of my life. First, in February, I lost an enormous amount of money and then got sued. […]
I scratched my back until it bled. And I never stopped. My back right now is a bloody Jackson Pollack painting. A bathtub of blood. Doctors don’t even touch it. Very attractive.…
I scratched my back until it bled. And I never stopped. My back right now is a bloody Jackson Pollack painting. A bathtub of blood. Doctors don’t even touch it. Very attractive. My best feature maybe. Shows every stress etched into my body over the past ten years. But whatever. My point is this: I […]
“Oh! I forgot to tell you. I accidentally made two million dollars this morning,” Dave told me. We were standing in his kitchen. We had been hanging out for awhile when he…
“Oh! I forgot to tell you. I accidentally made two million dollars this morning,” Dave told me. We were standing in his kitchen. We had been hanging out for awhile when he suddenly realized he had this story to tell me. “How could you accidentally make $2mm?” “James, its really funny. This friend of mine […]
I regret passing the crying woman on the staircase inside the Chelsea Hotel. For three floors, as I was walking up, I kept thinking of things to say to her but then…
I regret passing the crying woman on the staircase inside the Chelsea Hotel. For three floors, as I was walking up, I kept thinking of things to say to her but then I just walked right by her and heard her weeping. I used to regret starting Vaultus, my wireless software company. I lost everything […]
I just wasted the last half hour talking to Bill Gates. He was talking all about his philanthropy. He flattered me. He said “Billions of children are dying in Africa.” Suffice to…
I just wasted the last half hour talking to Bill Gates. He was talking all about his philanthropy. He flattered me. He said “Billions of children are dying in Africa.” Suffice to say, at the end of it, he encouraged me to make a donation to a charity that doesn’t really exist. “Maybe donate 80% […]
