Marginalia
I'd like to write more. At least I know I'd like to have written more. I suspect most people don't want daily marginalia delivered to their inboxes. This is where I'll be storing unfinished goods.
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Fintech
Edge Cases
I used to spend a lot of time on Interstate 89. It’s a splendid track which meanders mazily through the Green Mountains of Vermont and by the shores of Lake Champlain connecting Boston to Montreal. On July evenings you can almost drink the air so thick with humidity and
Retirable: Inclusive Financial Planning
Making Sense of Fintech Multiples
Wag the Dog
Fintech Multiples Redux
Film
La Grande Ballezza (2013)
You have nothing better to do this weekend than watch this movie
Originally published on my Substack December 17, 2020
Blah blah blah Fellini’s baroque, surrealist decadence blah blah. Blah blah blah deft technique transmutes the viewer into the living canvas of one of de Chirico’s nightscapes blah
L.A. Confidential (1997)
La Femme Nikita (1990)
Les Invasions Barbares (2003)
Epicurean
Domaine le Sang des Cailloux: Cuvée Azalaïs
Another delightful example of what's possible from the Rhône's offbeat appellations
Originally published on my Substack September 3, 2020
Before the advent of such barbaric fads as “California varietals”, discerning American’s bought wine by the importer. Most of us still should. Find yourself a terrific