Author: DOuG pRATt
Mystery Money
The state treasurer’s office is holding onto $3.06 that I’m owed, for some reason that completely eludes me, as I’ve never had any direct involvement with Bancorp. “Miscellaneous Intangible Property” sounds something like one of those silly Non-Fungible Tokens. I’m not going to all of the trouble documented in Part C., just to get a few bucks. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is welcome to keep it.
Hey There, Sailor
Don’t be a “rough trade” victim at the Rough House Cafe!
Dueling Mandates
Seventies Stagflation proved that inflation can’t be allowed to run wild. If it happens, the job market will have to take a hit, even to the point of driving the economy into a recession, as was done by Paul Volcker.
How weak is the job market today, relative to the coming inflation that is not quite here yet, as a result of Trump’s tariffs?
https://www.marketplace.org/story/2025/08/25/fed-shifts-focus-to-weak-job-market
Speaking selfishly, being completely debt-free, and with my IRA CDs earning good returns, I wish the Fed wouldn’t lower interest rates.
Still Real Intelligence
Only remastered, not remixed with AI behind it. Which explains why John’s voice sounds the same as it does in the original. The photo appears to not be real, but an assemblage of separate images.
Run Me Do
I am very pleased to say that I was wrong. I take back what I said 18 months ago. My running days are not over!
For two months, I had physical therapy for my ankle, and I was making good progress. Just when I was about to move up to practicing on a treadmill in preparation of returning to light running, I was slammed with the combination cancer/AFib diagnoses.
The last time I went for a 3+ mile run, it took the time shown on the left. Now I am cancer-free and an ablation has taken me out the AFib. Having not gone running since February, 2024, today’s time for the same route is on the right.
My persistent AFib was asymptomatic, and although I never felt short of breath, I was struggling to get my time back under 10 minutes/mile. Today, I did it without even trying. The AFib must have been holding me back after all.