Paul (Pakor)
The part of Glen's life that has nothing to do with spreadsheets, Salesforce, or SEC filings — the part that goes out on the water and rides the wind.
The Other Side of the Ledger
If you only know Glen from the finance pages, you'd think his entire personality is preferred shares and Seeking Alpha articles. Paul is proof that there's another version — one that straps into a harness, grabs a bar connected to a kite connected to the wind, and rides.
Paul is a kitesurfer and a German speaker. The kind of friend who texts you a single word — egal — and trusts that you'll figure it out. Glen figured it out. Then built an entire page about it with etymology, a profanity intensity scale, and connections to Stoicism. Paul read the whole thing and confirmed: the scale is accurate. That endorsement became the Paul-Approved badge.
Why Paul Matters
The Counterweight
Every person who spends too much time staring at financial models needs a friend who reminds them that wind exists. Paul is that friend.
The Egal Expert
Confirmed the accuracy of Glen's German profanity scale. A native speaker's seal of approval on a page about not caring.
The Kite Influence
Glen built a 3D kitesurfing game at /kite partly because of friends like Paul. When you spend enough time around people who love something, you start building things for them.
The Reminder
That life is not a spreadsheet. That sometimes the best thing you can do is get out on the water and let the wind decide where you go.
The /kite Connection
Glen's site has a 3D kitesurfing game built with Three.js — real physics, two-string kite model, wind windows, power zones, and synthesized audio for wind and water. It exists because Glen knows people like Paul. When you spend enough afternoons watching someone read the wind, adjust their lines, and launch off a wave like gravity is optional, eventually you want to capture that feeling in code. The kiteboarding guide is the theory. The game is the love letter.
Glen Says:
“Paul is the friend who reminds me that the best version of any given Tuesday is the one where you're on the water instead of refreshing a stock ticker. He's usually right.”
“He texted me ‘google the word egal’ and I built him an entire webpage with etymology, philosophy, and a profanity intensity scale. A normal person would have just googled it. But he didn't send that text to a normal person.”
“I built a 3D kitesurfing game because of friends like Paul. When you spend enough time around people who love something, you start building things for them. That's how it works.”
Paul-Approved
When Glen needs to know if something about the German language or kitesurfing culture is accurate, Paul is the authority. If Paul says the egal scale is right, the egal scale is right. That's the standard.
Keep Exploring
Glen's Full Story
The complete arc — from Indiana to hedge funds to kitesurfing to whatever comes next.
Read morePeopleThe People
Everyone who shaped Glen's path. Paul is the one who shaped the non-finance side.
Read morePaul's FaultEgal
The page Paul caused. German for 'whatever.' Paul-approved accuracy.
Read morePlayKitesurfing Game
3D kite game built with Three.js. Real physics. Built because of friends like Paul.
Read moreGuideKiteboarding Guide
The theory behind the sport. Wind, water, and why people do this.
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