CSI: The Netherlands = Very Boring

Columbia, MD

Someone recently quipped to me that our chances of getting murdered have gone down dramatically with our reversal of direction from Bogotá to The Hague. I actually looked at this data a few weeks ago and plotted it because of ongoing admonitions from family about choosing Bogotá. It turns out, the smartest thing we did was move out of DC.

My life looks like it will be very boring in the The Hague. For all of the criminal courts, it does not appear there are many local violent criminals. As it were, all politics and murder are local. I don't think of Detroit as particularly dangerous, but I am sure for certain people and locations it is extremely dangerous. Wherever you live, I hope it is not Caracas, Venezuela.

Sources: US Cities, Wikipedia, FBI, NYTimes.com

Den Haag

Bound for Bogotá The Hague

Bad news: We are not going to Bogotá, Colombia. Good news: We are moving to The Hague, The Netherlands (here is *The* Wikipedia entry). So I chucked my designer salsa pants for a sturdy rain jacket. We are going to be there for at least a year. At the last moment Mags got a job that was too great to turn down. As for me, I will still be doing entrepreneurial things, learning to make 101 different dishes with herring (pickled being the first), and learning how to smoke ... gouda. Let me know if you have good suggestions for learning Dutch quickly or good places to go in Den Haag. Proost!

The Rooftop Bar

I like to visit these in every city I visit and I am always surprised when tall buildings lack them..

The Tipsy Diaries - Manhattan’s Rooftop Bars - Heaven’s Gates - NYTimes.com

Many English speakers cannot understand basic grammar

Interesting post about the passive vs. active voice and the decay of basic grammar rules in English

Many English speakers cannot understand basic grammar

Experience This Video for Yourself and Remember It Yourself

Very fun video and thought provoking video about taking vacations and when income (of lack thereof) buys misery.

Buffett Doles Advice for Potential Successors

In Buffett's latest shareholder letter, lots of Buffettisms for the rest of us.

• "Sing a country song in reverse, and you will quickly recover your car, house and wife"
• Dramatic growth is no gauruntee of profit
• Be a supplier of liquidity
• Understand what you own
• Defense beats offense

Clearly It's the Cheeseburgers

When the olympics come around, I turn nationalistic, and all I really need to know is in the medal count. Really cool chart from the WSJ. And they don't usually have chart porn like this...