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Fine, Just Fine

“What could we have done better tonight?” This is what a restaurant manager should be asking instead of the usual “How is your food? A small change might elicit some useful information and some goodwill. “How is your food tasting?” usually doesn’t do that. Photo is of one of the postcards I send that is most often liked in Postcrossing.

Radiolaria, Carpocanium Irregulare

Last April we were on a Glass Trip to Pittsburgh. During the trip we bought a lampwork glass piece that evoked an early, now extinct, jellyfish. Last week while I was organizing our taxes I found a credit card charge for Radiolaria, Carpocanium Irregulare. It took me a few steps to figure out what it was and that it was a legitimate charge. I hadn’t been ripped off by a Latin speaking internet scammer. I need to get more regular at reviewing my credit card… Read More »Radiolaria, Carpocanium Irregulare

Super Parade Opportunity

Most holidays have parades.  People like parades.  They like to be in parades.  But Superbowl Sunday doesn’t have a parade even though it is close to being our countries biggest holiday.  This oversight seems like a big opportunity for a sunbelt city like San Diego, Albuquerque, El Paso or Tucson. How would it work.  Bands, Floats and Sponsors followed by a chance for all the participants to watch the game on the Jumbotron in the local enclosed stadium.  I imagine a Rose Parade type event… Read More »Super Parade Opportunity

Ball Point Pens

Ball point pens are a ubiquitous marvel. They are everywhere. The price ranges from free to hundreds of dollars. They are an engineering marvel. But are they a collectible like fountain pens or watches? My friend George F wrote a book about collecting fountain pens. I wonder if such a thing exists for ball points? The results of a quick search using my Knows Everything Machine are ambigious. How many ball point pens do you own? Is that a collection? If creatively mounted they would… Read More »Ball Point Pens

Reassuringly Expensive

Reassuringly Expensive Luxury Goods need to be Reassuringly Expensive. Think about it. Is it the opposite of Bargain Hunting? Photo is Zelensky searching for weapons in Napa.

GoogleFast

It is time for a new TV Game Show to test people’s ability to find out stuff on the internet. With the advent of AI (artificial Intelligence) and the Smart Phone to access it, general knowledge has become relatively less valuable and knowing how to find it has become more valuable. Jeopardy is in jeopardy of becoming irrelevant. It can be replaced by GoogleFind. It follows the same rough format as Jeopardy with much more complicated questions. The contestants can use their smart phones to… Read More »GoogleFast

A Fool

“A fool with a tool is still a fool.” From Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese

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Revolutionary Filing System

A Piling System Save time and space. Stop using those dangerous and expensive file drawers and filing cabinets As a bonus you you can stop feeling bad about the system you have been using and hating for years. Stacks are good. You don’t have to hate them. In fact: Let Piles Be Your Friend. It would be even cooler if you could make corresponding folders on your electronics.

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Recreational Beliefs

Recreational Beliefs Recreational beliefs are beliefs that you hold that don’t effect the way you live your life. For instance: Believing that aliens have landed on earth and the government is covering it up is a recreational belief: Believing that there is a conspiracy to make us all vegetarians is a recreational belief. and believing that Trump actually won the 2020 election is also a recreational belief. Recreational beliefs have use as a signal of group membership; they are easy to hold without demanding any… Read More »Recreational Beliefs

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Head Shoes

If you want to sell shoes you have to use your head. This is a good illustration of the maxim: “If you are not different you don’t exist. If you are too different you’re scary.”