Michael’s Two Cents

A couple weeks ago I stumbled on a video on TED.com (bottom of post) about how unprepared Americans are for a nuclear terrorist attack. I know, I know, what a crappy topic for a cheerful first day of December but then I happened on this article on MSNBC’s website this morning that states that:
“The U.S. [...]

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I got another email on my home’s value from Zillow.com this morning and it shows the curve making a turn upward! These numbers could simply be a market fluctuation due to a temporary increase in home sales. It is fall after all, a traditional time to make last minute moves before the school year begins. [...]

I get a newsletter from Zillow.com regularly with an update on local home values. There has been no good news for a long time, home values continue to drop here in California. Below is a chart that shows the most recent numbers. When you add this to the overall outlook for the economy it looks [...]

We were running an errand today and on the way home spotted this guy in his extra large yellow 4×4 with the words ‘YES ON 8′ written boldly on the front, back, and sides. For all I know it was written on the roof too just in case the CHP in the helicopter wondered where [...]

Here’s my very smart two year old (actually almost two and a half!) on November 4th before the final election results came in.

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I finally got to watch Obama’s speech. I missed it election night because I was busy putting Katie to bed. I’m so happy he won… not because he’s a Democrat… because he is the best person for the job.
Personally I’ve given up on both the Democratic and Republican parties. Neither represents my beliefs or seemingly [...]

Julia (mommy) made a little video with captions, sound effects, and everything on iMovie last night. It stars our daughter Katie and nephew Akash. Atashi, my sister-in-law had a big fund-raising event to host in San Francisco for Narkia the non-profit she runs and needed an overnight baby sitter. So… Akash came to play and [...]

A few months ago I started a blog on my growing obsession with tiny houses called Tiny House Design which has quickly become my busiest website. I think I’ve stumbled on some little little discussed secrets to successful blog marketing. But first let me show you the traffic evidence because it will help explain how [...]

I came across this video on TED.com. It’s a talk by Dr Irwin Redlener on the ever present possibility of nuclear attack. When I was a kid I remember hearing a lot about the threat of nuclear war and what we needed to to survive. Ironically back during the cold war surviving a nuclear war [...]