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After the election of Zohran Mamdani for Mayor of NYC I listened to a podcast that had a reporter covering the post-election campaign celebration. It sounded like a party – as in drinking, dancing, laughing, socializing and celebrating. People were having fun. I remember thinking the same thing after watching coverage of a Trump rally…

I was reading through some of my earlier posts from when I started this blog back in 2017. What stood out for me was how lighthearted these early posts were. I used self-deprecating humor and personal anecdotes with subtle humor in most of my posts. I remembered laughing when I wrote them. My world was…

I heard a podcaster say, “Show me a pie chart with the top five categories of how you spend your time and I’ll tell you what’s important to you.” She then did a back of the napkin analysis of her cohost’s pie chart. It was a simple, highly effective exercise. Although he had professed for…

Except for food (from Harris Teeter) and building supplies (from Home Depot), I do 95% of my shopping on Amazon. The other 5% of my shopping is directly from manufacturer’s websites for closeout sales, specialty products or items not available on Amazon. Amazon excels at the logistics for online shopping: I make 100s of Amazon…

After listening to a number of podcasts hosted by pundits or rich people, I think most of them are too online (just like media people). It struck me how pervasive this is regardless of the person’s expertise, political leanings, podcast content, upbringing, etc. I listened to Joe Rogan, Scott Galloway, the guests on Left Right…

This week I heard Scott Galloway (net worth $100M+) say he spends about 2 hours each night on social media. I was curious what could capture his attention so much time so I checked out his “Threads” feed. Mostly what I saw was him commenting or reposting memes, videos and tweets that I had already…

I am overwhelmed. Despite my attempts to minimize my interactions with internet trolls, avoid most news and modulate my exposure to Trump and his cohorts, whenever I’m online or listening to podcasts, I am barraged with bad news, doom predictions, and dystopian forecasts. I’d blame Trump & team for at least 75% of it. The…

My neighbor was going out of town for a few days and asked if I could keep an eye out for a package that might be delivered while she was away. Of course, I said yes. When it arrived a few days later, I sent her a text to let her know I had it…

I’ve noticed that there are reviews for nearly everything online: restaurants, retail stores, cars, food, services and anything else you could imagine spending money on. I also notice on Reddit, that more the half the posts are requests for opinions of restaurants, best pizza, hair dressers, doctors, contractors, gyms, daycares, etc. it’s a bit much….

Temperatures dropped his week into the 40s in the wee hours of the morning when I walk the dogs. Despite putting on my cold weather gear, I was still shivering both inside the house and outside. After being here for 6 years, you’d think I’d be used to it. Apparently I’m not. Instead, I rationalize…