In pursuit of profitable philanthropy.
The past weekend I went to the 2009 Florida PreHeat regional Burning Man event. About 500 people were in attendance (or so I heard) at a ranch in Lakeland, Florida having come from places as far away as Miami or Atlanta. From my experience it was closer to one of the weekend campouts [...]
A hope of 2009 is to end the year aboard my sailboat. I’ve just started looking about to see what is available. The ideal sailboat will comprise of as many of these specs as possible: Two masts Ketch preferred over schooner Cruiser more than racer Catamaran hull design 20m (though it may be more practical [...]
With the passing of the 2009 Burnal Equinox it occurred to me that I’ve not participated in any Burning Man flavored event for over a year now. To ease my withdrawal enter Florida PreHeat. As its a smaller gathering of about 250 people I’m expecting it to be similar to the Fire Mountain gatherings. One [...]
Every year in Las Vegas there is a fund raising run for Opportunity Village called the Las Vegas Santa Run. Maria has recently become enamored with distance running and has talked Abbey and myself into joining the fun. The registration is about $35 and includes a 5 piece santa suit. In 2008 6,119 santas participated [...]
As part of my sanity day on Wednesday I rode out to Treasure Island beach. I was amazed at the warmth of the water, evidently the water temperature sensing part of my brain vividly expects to find all large bodies of water the temperature of the Pacific off Ocean Beach. As I walked the beach [...]
