Is the Smithsonian haunted?
Does Linus really think it would be good to meet the Great Pumpkin?
“Stupid, am I??”
That Does Not Commute
Today’s big thrill, after a prostate check during my annual physical, was getting a new case for my Pixel 4a. With the phone now being an ancient model from two years ago, Best Buy has the OtterBox Commuter on clearance for $17.
I don’t commute anymore, but my pal Denro and I will be seeing Joe Sinnott’s family this weekend in New York. The OtterBox case works well with the Topgo phone holder I have in the car. I’ll probably use the Waze app for navigation.
At Last, Atlas
A while back I took advantage of a sale on digital reprints of Atlas comics from the 1950’s. Some of the art published by Atlas is right up there with EC.
How Much is Free Advice Worth?
I don’t follow personal finance gurus, like PBS favorite Suze Orman, and not because her sales pitch is directed mostly at women. The inspirational self-help tone, with its “pay yourself first” catchphrase advice, isn’t for me. Here’s an Orman podcast with another cutesy slogan.
The Freakonomics podcast has a related discussion. What do academic economists think about personal financial advice? After all, the spending decisions made by consumers, in the aggregate, are what drive 70% the economy.
Blabbermouth
“Everything is mine,” he said. Except his failed handling of the pandemic, and the resulting loss of the 2020 election, which he refuses to own.
Cartoon Fodder
A while ago I said Scott Adams and Robert Crumb didn’t have anything in common other than their respective problems with political correctness. Yesterday, that seemed to change a bit, with Adams introducing an autobiographical element to Dilbert.
I’ve been contemplating a post about “quiet quitting.” Don’t know yet if I’ll get around to writing it.