I don't know what came over me this morning, but I got an idea after watching a speech by Elizabeth Warren on YouTube. I was in tears, the ideas were so simple and compelling, and so rarely talked about. We are a country of people, not corporations -- but we've lost track of that, and we're stacking the deck against the people. But then I remembered, she hasn't said anything about the NSA spying on the American people. One idea led to another, and people responded, and I kept going. I wanted to get all of it down here in one place, before moving on into 2014.

Watching Elizabeth Warren's speech at the DNC, literally in tears she's so great, except -- what has she said about NSA spying on Americans?

Same thing with Ezra Klein. What an up-and-comer. So smart. Always has the right answer. Except on NSA spying on Americans. Crickets.

I live a few blocks from Times Square. It's already crazy here. Why do people stand in the street? Most don't get to see the ball drop.

My opinion about the NSA. Politics in the US stops until it's over. Nothing. It's unacceptable. Outrageous. Fascist. Un-American.

The @paulg story is opportunism by Gawker and this new publication. Headline should read: Graham is not a politician. That's the real story.

Truth: @paulg has a narrow view of who can make a contribution in tech. However: That's his right as an investor and human being.

For example, I'd like @paulg to tell the students who come to Startup School that being an entrepreneur isn't the only way to contribute.

I was forced to be an entrepreneur when I was young because there was no other way to be creative. Wasn't a good fit. Yet I did contribute.

It's always been a struggle. To this day people describe me as an entrepreneur. I am not an entrepreneur.

People say I'm a lousy entrepreneur. True! I'm also a lousy polo player.

If I were in my teens today, Zuck would not be my role model.

You know who would be my role model? Banksy!

Evan Williams is an entrepreneur. Aaron Levie is an entrepreneur. James Hong. Nothing wrong with being an entrepreneur.

But -- don't expect entrepreneurs to love your creativity. It's not what they do.

One of the good things about the Gawker-created mess is that we can talk about @paulg. In other times, VCs are very much a forbidden topic.

Online discourse would work better if it was always understood that there's a difference between The Truth and Your Opinion.

It's time for the Knicks to call Phil Jackson.