Friday Flotsam and Jetsam

Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.

The nation's GDP grew at 5.1% and the economy is strong and the average American family is making more than ever. But because of high interest rates and inflation Americans feel they are paying way too much in mortgage or rent payments and the gas price at the pump continues to be an issue. The Republicans may be facing a surprising answer to the question - are you better off than you were 4-years ago? Things need to change.

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Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

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Life Advice

More Linky Links

More stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Inside the SEC's tangled legal battle with LSU and Lane Kiffin.

- How SpaceX streamlined the raptor engine.

- Can you hear us now? 

- Defending against massed drone attacks.

Carl Jung on How to Be Happy

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Jonathan Turley: Senator Rand Paul introduces Birthright Citizenship Amendment. He's not wrong but asking red states and blue states to have a serious debate at this time is expecting too much.

- US cities where your money buys the best quality of life in America.

- Fed approves interest rate hike - signals one more may be coming this year. This is the opposite of good for homeowners or people looking to buy or sell homes.

- Too small US Navy - cliff notes version.

Thursday Flotsam and Jetsam

Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.

Tonight marks the return of NFL action on Thursday nights on Amazon Prime as the Bills open their new stadium vs the Detroit Lions. I know what I'll be watching. Originally got Amazon Prime for the free shipping (I hate shopping in person). Perhaps other streamers should follow suit? Subscribe to Netflix and get free Internet or ESPN and get a free subscription to The Athletic (free subscription to the NYT doesn't count - I'd prefer something of value).

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Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

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Reminder - the Leopard Does Not Change Its Spots

College Football Thought

Some week three observations as the Protect College Sports Act passes it's first vote in the Senate and we await the LSU-Ole Miss showdown Saturday night.

Was having these thoughts anyway and figured may as well just them down and post on Substack.

Heh Heh

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- It's a great time to discover the genuine you.

- VDH: The fantasy house of Mark Carney.

- I'm going to pivot instead and say he should run for President. Print up those Mitch McConnell for President 2028 bumper stickers. They could even outsell the Voldemorte for President ironic ones.

- From the archives: Leadership lessons from 2,400 years ago.

Wednesday Flotsam and Jetsam

Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.

It's quiet on the world news stage - the mid-terms, tariffs, Iran - everything. Too quiet. It's like all the news is waiting for Friday which has become the new news dump day for a completely different reason.

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Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

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Intensity vs Consistency

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Antifragile

"Authors, artists, and even philosophers are much better off having a vey small number of fanatics behind them than a large number of people who appreciate their work. The number of people who dislike the work don't count - there is no such thing as the opposite of not buying your book, or the equivalent of losing points in a soccer game, and this absence of negative domain for book sales provides the author with a measure of optionality."

This sounds a lot like Kevin Kelly's One Thousand True Fans. Not inferring one copying the other only that when multiple people tell you something is true - follow their advice!

Life Advice from Charlie Munger

Tuesday Flotsam and Jetsam

Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.

KC beat Denver 31-10 last night on MNF and Kenneth Walker III ran for 173 yards and a TD. He's going to be a big difference maker for the Chiefs this year. Meanwhile fans in Seattle say "Why can't we get a RB like that?"

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Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

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They Shouldn't Call It the House of Representatives if they are Not Representative

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Which US states have the most tress per population? Was surprised by New Mexico.

- Cool.

- Kevin Kelly: Robot Basketball. Not sure if I'd watch robot basketball but robot football as the Jetsons prophesied that's completely different.

- The Brennan case keeps growing. Good - put him in jail!

Two Ways to Look at Life

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Monday Flotsam and Jetsam

Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.

Admit I confuse Jim and John Harbaugh but wasn't the one who coaches the Chargers supposed to have won and the one who coaches the Giants supposed to have lost yesterday? Not the other way around?

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Quotes for Today

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Malcolm X had it Right

Linky Links

 Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Jonathan Turley: The dangerous evolution of Gavin Newsom.

- Yep, the singularity has begun. The future is already here, it's just not equally distributed.

- Jalen Hurts - the NFL's most cryptic QB.

- Restraint has no price. The problem of using other people's work - but whatever happened to sanding on the shoulder of giants?

College Football Thoughts

Some observations after the week two games. Now we get to see what happens at the top of the polls with Texas and Ohio State and who drops more - Oregon or Oklahoma.

Was having these thoughts anyway and figured may as well jot them down and put up on Substack.

Antifragile

"With personal risk, you can easily barbell yourself by removing the chances of ruin in any area. I am personally completely paranoid about certain risks, then really aggressive with others. The rules are: no smoking, no sugar (particularly fructose), no motorcycles, no bicycles in town or more generally outside a traffic free area such as the Sahara desert, no mixing with the Eastern European mafia, and no getting on a plane not flown by a professional pilot (unless there is a co-pilot). Outside of these I can take all manner of professional and personal risks, particularly those in which there is no risk of terminal injury...

So take for now that a barbell strategy with respect to randomness results in achieving antifragility thanks to the mitigation of fragility, the clipping of downside risks of harm - reduced pain from adverse events, while keeping the benefits of potential gains."

You'll have to read the book to understand the barbell strategy. Not bad life advice.

Sunday Flotsam and Jetsam

Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.

Somewhere there's someone who developed an AI agent to pick football games to bet on but after huge favorites Oregon and Oklahoma lost yesterday - they are rethinking using the agent for today's NFL action. You know this is true.

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Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

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Power of Compounding

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- A Chinese national working as a CBP supervisor was caught tampering with the computer network. Put him into Guantanamo! Fire anyone who had a hand in hiring him.

- Jordan Peterson on Charlie Kirk.

- What's really important of Apple's new technology. The dawn of personal AI.

- Not all heroes wear capes. Some wear dog collars.

The Power of a Positive Mindset

Why Does E=MC2?

"If we could build a spaceship that could whisk us into space at speeds very close to light speed, then the distances to the stars would shrink, and the amount of shrinking would increase the closer to light speed we could travel. If we managed to travel at 9.99999999 percent of the light speed, then we could travel out out of the Milky Way and all the way to the neighboring Andromeda galaxy , almost 3-million light years away, in a mere fifty years." - Why Does E=MC2? by Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw

Very cool but the people on board that ship would still have aged the equivalent of 3 millions years wouldn't they? 

Some Memes You May Enjoy

Many a truth is said in jest.

- I'm listening.

- I could do that.

- Admit I laughed.

- This is genius!

Saturday Flotsam and Jetsam

Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.

Today's college football action is highlighted by the Ohio State vs Texas matchup tonight. But don't sleep on either the Alabama vs Kentucky or Oklahoma vs Michigan games. Both could be filled with action and drama. College football - it just means more.

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Quotes for Today

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Truth