Hello Friends & Family, 

2022 has come to an end and 2023 is upon us.  2022 zoomed by so fast.   A strangely benign year when compared to the few years before.  We had inflation reach all new highs, the war in Ukraine, the overturning of Roe vs. Wade and the stunning images coming back from the James Webb Telescope just to name a few events.  

Generally speaking, 2022 was a great year for myself and my family.  No complaints.  Everyone is healthy.  Park City, Utah is amazing. The family is thriving.   I am grateful for my health, family, friends and the opportunities ahead on all fronts.  Sure, there are setbacks but thats life.       

Here is a link to my end of year post from last year. I’m going to try something different and provide my “Best of 2022”.  All different categories.  Why not?  Here we go!     

My Favorite Blog Posts from 2022

• Surviving a Stroke: Returning to Life
• Life Reevaluation: Breaking Through The Local Maximum
• There is Life Outside the Bay Area: Two Years Later (Part #5)
• Honorable mention:
  • Reflections @ 45.

My Favorite 3 Books from 2022

• Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande  
• Dune by Frank Herbert 
• Three Body Problem by Lin Cixin
• Honorable mention: 
  • Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson (re-read) 

My Favorite 3 Movies from 2022

• Top Gun 2

• Everything Everywhere All at Once

• Doctor Strange 

Honorable Mention: 

• Thor for love or thunder 

My Favorite 3 Television Shows from 2022 

• Severance (Apple+)

• Mythic Quest (Apple+)

• For All Mankind (Apple+) 

Honorable Mention: 

• Only Murders In the Building (Hulu) 

My 3 Favorite Musical Artists (new or old) from 2022 

• Goose 
• Cory Wong 
• Spafford 
• Honorable Mention: 
  • Grateful Dead 

My 3 Favorite live musical or comedic experiences from 2022 

• Goose @  Regency Ballroom, San Francisco, CA (1.29.200, 1.30.2022) 

• Pearl Jam @ Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, CA (5.12.2022, 5.13.2022)

• Goose @ Dillon Amphitheater & Red Rocks, Colorado (8.17.2022, 8.18.2022, 8.19.2022) 

• Honorable Mention: 
  • Kevin Hart @ Kingbury Hall, Salt Lake City, Utah (1.22.2022)

My 3 Favorite mountain resorts from 2022 

• Snowbird 
• Park City Mountain Resort
• Alta 
• Honorable Mention
  • Deer Valley 

My Favorite Podcasts from 2022 

• Pivot (New York Magazine) 
• Pardon the Interruption (ESPN) 
• The Daily (The New York Times) 
• Honorable Mention
  • Masters of Scale with Reid Hoffman 

My 3 Favorite Breweries 

• Tree House Brewing Company (Massachusetts)
• Russian River Brewing Company (California)
• Fieldworks Brewing Company (California)
• Honorable Mention
  • Kiitos Brewing (Utah)

My 3 Favorite Yankees from 2021-2022 Season  

• Aaron Judge 
• Anthony Rizzo 
• Gerrit Cole 
• Honorable Mention 
  • Nestor Cortez

Top 3 predictions for 2023 

• The return of more in office behavior.  Companies will come to realize they are less effective working remote and will slowly ask employees back to the office.  Some industries will just flat out tell folks to come back.  
• The economy begins its recovery but slower than expected — inflation begins to flatten, technology remains in a slump and we should see jobs begin to soften from its hit levels. 
• The Yankees will make it to the World Series but will not win. 

Happy New Year from my family to yours.  Here’s to a great 2023!  

Thank you for reading.  I’m really hoping to “create” more in 2023 — writing, code, music, whatever.  Stay tuned.  Please share you thoughts and comments below.