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Friday, June 09, 2023

Run, Eeyore, Run! Fight, Roo, Fight!

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In January 2022, Winnie the Pooh - the classic original - left the House on Pooh Corner and entered the public domain. So far, the two most ...
Thursday, June 08, 2023

ChatGPT? Seemed like a good idea at the time.

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A NY attorney, apparently pressed for research time, decided to use ChatGPT to find some precedents for a brief he needed to present to cour...
Wednesday, June 07, 2023

An ode to Allbirds

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I know, I know. I do (occasionally) read the business news.  I know, I know. Things have been a bit rocky. They missed their 4Q22 revenue ta...
Tuesday, June 06, 2023

A Small Light. (D-Day)

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Maybe it was because my parents met because of the war. (My father spent a couple of his Navy years stationed at Navy Pier in Chicago, which...
Monday, June 05, 2023

There once was a shack in Nantucket

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I've been to Nantucket twice. Both day hops. One jaunt was in 1967, on a post-high-school graduation trip to the Cape. The other during ...
Friday, June 02, 2023

Yet another reason I don't miss working...

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Retirement has many things to recommend it. And ranking high amount those many things is that you're kinda-sorta on permanent vacation. ...
Thursday, June 01, 2023

All hail, Martha Stewart!

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I can't recall exactly when Martha Stewart came on the scene. Forty-ish years ago, I'm guessing. I remember seeing her on TV, and pr...
Wednesday, May 31, 2023

Don't let the door hit ya

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Who among us hasn't, at one point or another, had at least a flash fantasy of upping stakes and becoming an ex-pat.  I mean, if things g...
Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Nothing succeeds like "Succession"

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Like a lot of folks out there in TV land, on Sunday evening, I was glued to the final episode of Succession, a brilliant series about an eno...
Monday, May 29, 2023

Memorial Day: Broken Record Time

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Here's a total cut and paste of last year's Memorial Day post. Not that I've run out of things to say - what? me? - but, when it...
Friday, May 26, 2023

Too Bad, TB12, Too Bad

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While acknowledging that Tom Brady is without a doubt the GOAT - Greatest of All Time - when it comes to quarterbacks, I am not a fan. I did...
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Thursday, May 25, 2023

"Ah, look at all the lonely people"

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Caryn Marjorie is an influencer, with millions of followers across her social platforms. She's only 23, and has been pulling in about $1...
Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Killing your husband so you'll have something to write about? Bold move, that.

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In March 2022, Kouri Richins suddenly lost her husband, the father of her three boys.  She channeled her grief into writing a book for those...