Dan Smith

Passionate about Stanford Football/Basketball, 49ers, Giants, Sharks. Skeptic of our timeline. Not interested in Bitcoin/Crypto.

[Dan Smith @Gimpy60]

@JonRothstein @CBSSportsNet Can Stanford surprise the ACC again by doing more with less? Very good recruiting class coming in as freshman.

[African Maps @MapsAfrican]

The literal meaning of every country's name in Africa.

The etymology map of Africa.

[Dan Smith @Gimpy60]

@WallStreetApes Why don't they just contract with Amazon to deliver the mail?

[Sandy Petersen 🪔 @SandyofCthulhu]

How the USA got Mexican land.

The USA actually paid Santa Anna for the land transferred to the USA (it wasn't cheap). It wasn't just "stolen". Santa Anna took the money. In addition, the USA assumed all debts that the Mexican government owed to American citizens. This was all laid out in the legal and binding treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

Also all Mexican nationals living in the newly ceded territories were offered American citizenship.

Six years after the peace, the USA offered to buy more of Mexico - the Gadsden purchase which is now southern New Mexico. Santa Anna WANTED to make the Gadsden deal.

So the land handed over by Mexico was 100% legal. Not just conquered.

[Miles Commodore @miles_commodore]

BREAKING NEWS

California Governor Gavin Newsom just announced that he is moving to Texas because it’s more affordable.

[Johnny Cadillac @lippyent]

🇺🇸 Dont let me Down!!

[WeRateDogs @dog_rates]

This is Holly. Every day for the past 5 years, she picks out a stick and brings it to her favorite spot for “zen time.” While her stick may change, her routine never does. 13/10

[Dan Smith @Gimpy60]

@aestheticsguyy

[West Coast College Sports Guy @WCCSG_]

Who remembers watching Bryce Love at Stanford? 🌲

[Dan Smith @Gimpy60]

@WCCSG_ Darrin Nelson

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

Become ungovernable

[Ethan Brooks @alt_w_v_g]

My wife mentioned a nice private school over dinner this week
She said the campus was beautiful
I asked what's the tuition
She said we should look at it as an investment in him not a cost
I made a note
She said don't make a note
I said I always make notes
She said this isn't a deal
I said everything is a deal
She closed her eyes

She said we'd discuss it Saturday
I agreed

Saturday 7:02am
She came downstairs in her Saturday robe
Coffee in hand
I had my cargo shorts on

The dining room had been cleared
The projector was on
The analyst was at the head of the table
Quarter zip on, three iced coffees, a legal pad, and two laptops
He had been there since 6:44am

I texted him at 11:14pm Friday
The text said dining room 6:45am bring the model
He sent a thumbs up

My wife stopped in the doorway
She said what is this
I said you said you wanted to discuss it
She said this is not a discussion
I did not respond
She sat down anyway

The analyst stood
He said good morning ma'am
She did not respond
He sat back down
A printed deck in front of each seat
A fourth copy in case

Slide 1 Tuition Schedule
$38,500 per year
Thirteen years
$500,500 nominal
Before escalators
The school has raised tuition 4.2% per year for a decade
With escalators $648,000
My wife said okay
I said I'm not done

Slide 2 Opportunity Cost
Even before escalators
$38,500 invested annually
10% nominal return
S&P long-run average since 1928
By his eighteenth birthday $944,000
My wife said we can afford it
I said I know that's not the slide

Slide 3 Terminal Value at Age 65
$83 million
She was quiet

The analyst slid the sensitivity tables across the table
8% return $31 million
10% return $83 million
12% return $222 million
She did not look

She said this isn't about money
I said it's always about money
She said no it isn't
I said then what is it about
She did not answer

She said you can't put a dollar value on his teachers his classmates his environment
I said I can the analyst already did slide 6
He flipped to slide 6
She did not look

She said the school is the best in the city
I said best is a feeling
She said it produces the best students
I said the students were already the best before they got there

She said our son deserves it
I said our son deserves $83 million

My son walked in
He is five
Dinosaur pajamas
He looked at the projector
He looked at the open deck on the table
He looked at slide 3
He said are we modeling pre-tax or after-tax
The analyst opened a new tab
My wife looked at the ceiling

He said what's the discount rate
The analyst set down his pen
She closed her eyes

He said is this the same return assumption from the 529 conversation
The analyst stopped typing
He looked at me
I did not say anything

She stood up
Sat back down

He said dad can I help
I said yes
He pulled up a chair
The analyst handed him a printout
He started reading

My wife watched him read
She watched him for a long time

She said his name
He looked up
She said do you like school
He said the work is too easy and the kids don't ask questions

She did not respond
She looked at the ceiling
She walked out of the room

The analyst started packing up
He said should I follow up Monday sir
I said no follow up needed

He'll be fine

Sent from my iPhone

[Dan Smith @Gimpy60]

That 2009 season was awesome, especially against Oregon, USC, and Notre Dame!

[West Coast College Sports Guy @WCCSG_]

Toby Gerhart trucked entire defenses at Stanford and made it look easy. Who else misses watching this absolute unit run? 🌲🏈

[Buitengebieden @buitengebieden]

Dog teaching baby how to play fetch..😊

[Mike Netter @nettermike]

The so-called “Billionaire Tax” gives politicians power to expand the tax to your home equity, savings and even retirement accounts. It’s not a billionaire tax. It’s an everyone tax.

[Jared Owen @coachowen15]

Stanford:
Beat FSU football
Swept FSU baseball
Swept FSU softball
Beat golf in ACC semis
Beat beach volleyball in semis

Stanford owns us lol

[Dan Smith @Gimpy60]

@Brett_McMurphy @On3 Why wouldn't Amazon Prime Video want to try their hand?

[Randy McIlvoy @KPRC2RandyMc]

Former #Astros manager Phil Garner passed away Saturday.. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer two years ago. Phil took over as manager summer of 2004 just as I started at KPRC and got to know he and his family. Last April he threw out the first pitch. Prayers up for his family 🙏

[Mike Netter @nettermike]

A butcher made $270 million last year.

Not because he invented something new. But because he did something old better than anyone else.

Here’s how Pat LaFrieda turned a failing family butcher shop into a meat empire:

- His dad was about to shut it down.
- Pat hated his job on Wall Street.
- So he walked away from finance, and into a business most people would never touch.

He didn't change the product.

He changed the customer.

Forget walk-ins. He started supplying chefs.

One call came from Mario Batali. Another from Danny Meyer, who needed the perfect burger patty for his little side project: Shake Shack.

Pat delivered. Every single time.

Next came hotels, stadiums, airlines.

Anywhere meat was served, Pat was there.

Fast, reliable, and customized down to the ounce.

His facility in New Jersey now runs 24/7, slicing 4,000 pounds of meat an hour.

His company? $270M in annual revenue.

Here's the takeaway from his story:

You don’t always need a revolutionary idea.
You need relentless execution.

And the guts to do the boring stuff...brilliantly.