I am reading the book Uneasy Street: The Anxieties of Affluence. The author, Rachel Sherman, did in-depth interviews with 50 affluent New Yorkers about their lifestyles, attitudes towards money, consumption habits, child raising, and more. The interviewees were all wealthy. Some had inherited $5M, $10M or more. Others were corporate attorneys, bankers, and executives who…
I Lasted 30 Minutes on X/Twitter
While reading breaking news about the Hamas attack on Israel, I kept running into links to X/Twitter that would not load unless I had an account. So I bit the bullet and created an account with a “hide-my-email” address so I could open the links and perhaps even see more real-time updates. That was a…
Glamour Girl
The waiting room at the vet was jam packed yesterday. While waiting for a vet tech to come get my dogs, I tucked all three of us against a back wall where the tech could see us, but we were out of the way. While waiting, I watched a dozen clients check-in, talk to the…
A F**king Embarrassment
Despite my poor track of predicting the future, I’m going to make some more. My 1st prediction is Trump will win the 2024 Presidential election unless… All bets are off if either Biden or Trump dies before the election. One can only hope. Aside from Trump being a blowhard imbecile con man, he most likely…
Israel
The Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel happened this week. What has been reported is quite disturbing and has been on my mind enough to prompt me to write about it. However, it’s important for me to state that my opinions and limited knowledge about Israel, its conflicts/wars, Palestine, Hamas, and related political and social issues…
Ozempic Economy
On the Pivot podcast, Scott Galloway gave his optimistic prediction about the effect that Ozempic (and Wegovy) would have on American society. He said he expected the prices would drop from $1000/month to more affordable levels over time. He imagined a future where people needed fewer medications for physical conditions, mental health issues and lifestyle…
Comfort In The Middle Of The Night
The host of the Solo Podcast, Peter McGraw, often says that Solo individuals (singles) needs to build a community of friends and supporters around them. He says it is vitally important to have at someone you can call when you wake up in the middle of the night afraid, in pain or sad. Moreso, he…
False Promises…Just Faster
I heard an interview with the CEO of Bumble discussing how she plans to use AI in her business and all I could think was she is so full of shit her eyes are brown. After she blathered on about financials, growth, the bright future, how Bumble doesn’t see itself as a competitor to Tinder,…
Follow Up Call
My vet, my dentist, my surgeon and me all share something in common. We make follow up calls. It is unbelievable what this simple, low cost action results in and how few other people do it. I took Wiggles to the vet this week for a stomach issue. She had been having diarrhea for 5…
The Most Important Person In The Room
I heard an interview with a former US Congressman this week on a podcast. Although I have political differences with him (and a general distrust of all douchebag politicians), I thought he was remarkably candid during the interview. I suspect it’s because he’s a former Trump supporter who is now anti-Trump and as such, is…