Now

Updated 2026.08.05

What's actually happening this month. Not a bio, a status.

v2 — design timetable

Where Doing Status

Bahia Refit on the boat Steel's signed off. Living on it while the interior gets sorted. Running

Bahia Cachaça, bottling the third run Two stills, one copper alembic that cost more than the truck. Running

Remote Two angel checks, diligence stage Both pre-seed. Neither founder knows the other exists. Running

Poker Thursday game, six of us, seven years running Nobody's up overall. That's the point. Ongoing

Rewritten roughly monthly. Old versions aren't kept — the build log is the archive.

v1 — previous Now snapshot (manual review)

March 2026

Work. Due to the tariffs we've had to wind down some of our US operations and our Brazil business is growing but slowly. We're in the process of re-structuring our leadership to better deal with the situation at hand. I'm still very much invested in the mission to bring luxury brazilian products to the world and am dedicating all of my focus towards making this a reality in any way possible including with our existing portfolio.

Reading. Am reading Isaac Asimov's Foundation. I watched the super well made Apple TV show and figured I should read the books. Am also reading Pioneering Portfolio Management: An Unconventional Approach to Institutional Investment by David F. Swensen to help me with my work but its hard getting through more than a half-chapter per day hehe…

Listening. Love the Acquired podcast and am listening to their new one about Formula 1, while I'm not a fan it's pretty interesting business.

Watching. As a kid I used to watch Stargate SG1 with my brothers. Now that it's on Netflix am rewatching everything. Made me realize seasons used to be well written and also 24 episodes long.

Playing. Chess. I've plateaued at 1100 and struggling to break through. Goal is 1200 by my next birthday. I think my greatest enemy is my own impatience rather than skill.

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