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The system of patents and trademarks is horribly dysfunctional in America. Titanic patent troll companies are crushing innovation by having their lawyers patent every silly and obvious thing they can think of then sue entrepreneurs whenever they violate those patents. I think that the length of patent periods should be drastically shortened to 7 years. That gives companies enough time to gain first mover advantage but removes a lot of the incentive for patent trolls to destroy innovation.… read more “Revise American Patent System”

I just reported a dumpster fire outside of my building in Venice. Stinks.

It’s closing time at Ross right now and I just found three new pairs of athletic shorts for $9.99 apiece and a pair of Stacy Adams dress shoes for $32.95 ($65 on shoes.com). Probably will head over to Kennys now for a game of chess.

In an interesting post on Tim Ferriss’s blog he describes that being the best at one particular thing is better than putting equal effort into being good at something much harder. For instance, a writer traveling to visit every country in the world gets the same interest as a Rhodes scholar with a phd in international relations.… read more “Be the Best at SOMETHING”

 

My two little cousins and I.

Aunty Ems memorial service brought our whole family. It was sad that it had to be for such a reason but it was good to see everyone.

I am sad to say that a family member on the other side of my family than Papa has passed away today. Auntie Em had a kind heart and treated us four brothers well our whole lives. She was a schoolteacher her whole life and loved children. She will be dearly missed.

Stayed home on the 4th with Trent and watched Unforgiven. He cooked up some delicious steaks and potatoes.

This is the second time in recent months Trent has contracted an illness and then passed it on to me. Ugh.