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The Black Spot: Real Estate

May 13, 2011

I was trying to remember 2006. Really, though, I was trying to remember if Ryan and I were actually as funny as we thought we were on the Black Spot back in 2006. We were. Sort of. I found this clip of the two of us bantering back and forth on voices and infomercials and [...]

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The Black Spot: Returns

May 12, 2011

This would be a semi-clever title if it were a sequel to a podcast about finance or anything business related. It isn’t. I used to have a little weekly radio show up in San Francisco, a talk show, with my buddy Ryan. It was called The Black Spot and it ran Monday nights from 10-midnight [...]

Fairy Murdered Over Baby-Tooth/Baby-Laugh Dispute

March 29, 2010

Fairy murders are on the rise nationally as supplies of baby-teeth and baby-laughter are becoming scarce. The latest in a string of violent acts is the result of a horrific battle between the Russian Tooth-Cartel and Colombia’s Baby-Laugh black market. This latest victim, identified as Sprinkles Alvarez, was a well known lieutenant of the infamous [...]

KQED Interview Response

March 19, 2010

Last week I did an interview with Scott Shafer of the California Report about my involvement with Organ Transplantation as a Surgical Coordinator for the California Transplant Donor Network. It was a good interview and, for the most part, I was pleased with my presentation. But not totally. There were a few parts where I [...]

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When Your Name Isn’t Unique

January 18, 2010

Your name is common. You have seven friends with the same name. So why do you keep insisting people remember you by your first name? Why not try to distinguish yourself in other ways or, better yet, get a nickname. Whatever you do, don’t be that jerk who thinks chaning your name’s pronunciation makes you any more unique.

Please, Don’t Wear Your School Sweatshirt

November 17, 2009

Remember, lads, when we were about thirteen or fourteen? As I wrote in “Respectful Breast-Man”, this is around that time when girls start becoming women and little boys become, well, mostly they stay as little boys, but they start paying attention. And what I noticed around this time was that, seemingly all of a sudden, certain [...]

Mr. Wood Goes to Washington

October 20, 2009

So I’m headed to DC tomorrow morning for the rest of the week. I really believe in being a good citizen. Besides voting, keeping abreast of and an open mind about the issues, and maintaining an active conversation with my peers about those issues, I think travel is a big part of it. This isn’t, by [...]

How to Lead a Good Life: Advice

September 13, 2009

After reading a blog about some life advice…, and another about the simple things in life (a topic I know my mind wanders to when I’m working round four in the morning), I thought I’d compile a few of the great pieces of advice I’ve heard and took to heart over the years.