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It’s been a pretty amazing couple of weeks on a personal level. My wife turned 30, I graduated from school, I received an offer in NYC from an amazing company, and I got to see a good friend get married. All in all a relentlessly positive and somewhat selfish few weeks. Now it’s time to reflect a little bit. On to the list:

• The in your face success of Facebook. Truly an amazing company with amazing people.
• The massive amount of useful content that is created everyday. From the professional (e.g. NYTimes) to the amateur (blogs) it’s a joy to wake everday and consume.
• Warm days and cool nights. 
• The opportunity to pare down the amount of “stuff” we own in our upcoming move.
• Realization that as school ends my next “masters” will begin in either VC or start-up world.

That’s it and that’s all. What are you loving?

Welcome to Friday the 13th. I feel like everyone should celebrate and make superstitious people feel really comfortable on a day like this. Party at the moontower? On to the list:

• San Francisco - Begrudgingly I always find myself drawn to this place
• NYC - For me it truly is the unknown. Every visit is like a trip into the chocolate box
• Paying it forward - I feel so strongly about this. Caveats about introductions aside I think this carries a lot of weight
• Old friends, new adventures - in both work and life it’s great to see old friends embarking on big time journeys 
• Thunder and lightning

Over and out folks. What are you loving?

You know what day it is people, although admittedly I’ve been a bit erratic recently, it’s the day in which I share the things that have been making me happy recently. Friends and family coming in at #1 obviously.

• Trains and train travel (Amtrak does not get the same love)
• Lex Thomas’ Quarantine (Shameless plug for my brother in-law)
• Making a huge pan of lasagna (leftovers for days my friends)
• New music
• Old music
• The Masters
• That feeling where my belief in pay it forward is starting to pay off. It’s a weird mix of opportunity, gratitude, luck, and satisfaction. Starting to get a tingling now.

That’s it folks. What are you loving?

BTW, according to research 50% of people’s happiness is related to DNA (essentially who you are), 10% is related to their life circumstances (born rich, poor, healthy, sick, etc.) and the other 40% we control. Get out there and control your happiness people.

Guess who’s back? Time to get things cranking, I can’t tell you how good it feels to be in 2012. 2011 was such an amazing year. Highlighted by the biggest day in my life thus far - tying the knot with KCV. Lucky me. I have lots to be thankful for and I plan on busting my ass again this year to keep it going. Onto the list:

• Learning to cook (stressful night the other night but managed to pull off a real dish)
• Chilling at home in my apartment
• Impending ski trips
• In-law visits which inevitably include non-stop good eats and good times (Hi Pam)
• Cleaning out my closet
• The “nerds” of the internet combining to fight against the draconian SOPA
• Great news from my parents

I hope everyone is off to a great start in 2012. What are you loving today?

It’s Friday so that means time for me to ramble on about everything that I’m feeling this week. Feels like this was one hell of a week too. I no particular order:

• Emergen-C I’m not sure what I would do without it
• Making new connections and reconnecting with old ones
• The new beer garden in Hayes Valley
• The luxury of having a little bit of time to sit around and just think
• Great customer service
• Seeing the internet community up in arms about SOPA (I hope congress isn’t asleep at the wheel on this one)
• Trying out new products/services. It’s the spice of life

A little fluffy this week but sometimes a little fluff ain’t so bad.

Hola interwebs. Apologies for the two week hiatus. I thought for Turkey Day that giving thanks off-line with my family (including @kcv and her family) was more important than Tumbln and last week…well last week I’ve got no excuse. So anyway…in no particular order:

• Dogsitting this fearsome beast
• Early season snow in VT
• My upcoming “Luna de miel” 
• Rittenhouse Square lights at night
• Onset of squash (1% issue if there ever was one)
• Jon Stewart and Colbert absolutely crushing Trump
• Most importantly our family friend KP has made his way back. Next Tuesday I’m riding with KP in spirit. Champion

What are you loving?

Here we go. Another week down. Family and friends are somehow still holding down the top spots. BCS standings be damned, it’s that easy. Here’s the list:

• The Knocks (50% of the group reps Hanover High School. Can’t beat that)
• Comments from my mom on my blog. Boomski
• Fall weather (Crisp)
• 30th Birthday parties. Lots of nervous energy
• Any opportunity to break out my old high school hockey jersey. Self call
• The Daily Show
• Professor Michael Roberts at Wharton. He’s turned Corporate Valuation into the best class I’ve taken, perhaps ever. Who thought DCF could be so fun

My buddy MLR started posting a couple of things he’s loving as well. Great to see. What is everyone else loving?

GBV

My weekly list on the things that I love right now. Numbreros 1a and 1b are always family and friends. On to the list:

• The extra awesome meal that I’m supposed to make for @katevitt tonight. On a wish and a prayer right now…this could easily get pulled from the list
• Double birthday NYC trip tomorrow
• Streaming USA vs France game in 2 minutes
• Opportunities handed to me by friends and family 
• Positive reenforcement from followers on the web (for real, seeing people “like” a post really gets you going, as narcissistic as that may be it’s very true)
• Inspiring professors who are excited to teach and aren’t sleepwalking
• Edwin Chan (partner at Frank Gehry) who spoke to us about creativity this week. U.N.R.E.A.L.

That’s a pretty good list for this week. Two side notes: 1) The scandal in Penn St. is shameful across the board. Not good. Will take true leadership to ease the pain. 2) Thank you to the veterans of the USA. I never give enough appreciation.

What are you loving today?

PS, the 11-11-11 phenomenon is pretty fun.

Just a short list of the things I’m loving right now. As always friends and family are holding down the top spot. The list:

• Tennis outside in mid-fall
• Lagunitas Lil Sumpin Sumpin
• OCF Coffee in Philly
• Dog sitting our friend’s pup Buddy
• Our new tent! Just set it up in my kitchen I was so pumped
• All of the awesome innovation I keep hearing about in education and healthcare. Keep it up people!
• Friday

That’s it and that’s all. What are you loving?

(Apologies for the slow blogging week. Got a couple of sweet posts in draft form right now. Excited to share)

Just a quick list of things I love today: Friends and Family are always numero uno

• http://tomboystyle.blogspot.com/
• My lobster guy halloween costume
• Some gaming with @rohnjobinson
• Heading home to Norwich, VT
• Little brother @pistolpetey’s costume
• The new Nest thermostat. Want (when I own a house…so that could be a long time)
• www.codeacademy.com Can’t wait to geek out on this sucker

That’s it, that’s all. What are you loving?