Author Archives: Mark

The weekend before last was the final regatta for the year, at Lake Kegonsa, WI, a little way south of Madison. Interestingly, I posted an article here about the same regatta two years ago – then only the second time … Continue reading →

Attended a fundraising dinner for RIMI (Reaching Indians Ministries International) on Saturday and made it back to church and Adult Bible Fellowship for the first time in quite a while on Sunday. Good to catch up with people I’ve hardly … Continue reading →

And another great time last weekend, this time acting as Beach Captain (sounds important!) for the Border Raid 120, and 2 x 60 mile catamaran race from Little Suamico, Wisconsin to J. W. Wells State Park in Michigan and back. … Continue reading →

Been a bit slow updating things here. Two weeks ago I travelled to Helena, Montana for Tiff and Zach’s wedding. Had a really great time. The wedding was reallly nice and hanging out with Tiff’s family was a lot of … Continue reading →

Just back from a few days work in Phoenix. Heading back to O’Hare 6am tomorrow to fly to Helena, Montana via Salt Lake City to attend Tiffany and Zach’s wedding. Back Sunday.

Something I ocassionally do late at night to unwind is to watch recent episodes of US cable TV comedy shows The Daily Show or The Colbert Report online (note – some content may offend). Tonight I was watching Stephen Colbert … Continue reading →

You have to watch this video of Dick Cheney from 1994 Also some good commentary on this by Chris Matthews here, starting at 1:10.

What better way to spend the early hours of the morning that watching the NZ dollar in real time as it falls through the floor . It just (1:50am Central) touched 0.6666 US dollars, the point at which each US … Continue reading →

Monthly Economic Indicators from the NZ Treasury Department – http://www.treasury.govt.nz/mei/ Much more accessible than the information from the Statistics Department

No, not my broken rudder. The CRAW regatta at Shell Lake is contested annually between Wisconsin and Minnesota for the Broken Rudder trophy. Shell Lake is 370 miles north of Lake Zurich, so I spent 14 hours on the road … Continue reading →