If you would enjoy a novel about family, love, product management, and Chinese manufacturing, then If You Can Get It might be just the book for you.

RT @StefanFSchubert: In the 18th century, there was a real chance of death at any point in life, and there wasn't a big peak in old age. I….

People are always asking why we don’t spend less on defense and more on people, without realizing that’s the world we’re already in.

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Leica, Rolex, M1/M14 — these ad algorithms certainly know their targeting . How is a middle aged guy to decide?

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RT @LukeCoppen: An almost 4% year-on-year rise in Sunday Mass attendance is good news for the Catholic Church in Belgium. 🇧🇪 . But there’s….

nickels are made of 75% copper and 25% nickel. Dimes and quarters, on the other hand, are made of 92% copper and 8% nickel. Copper currently costs ~$4.60/lb while nickel costs $7.00/lb. So the higher nickel content in nickels makes them more expensive to make than the quarter.

The US mint has announced they are phasing out production of the penny, which costs $0.04 to make. It turns out, the penny isn't the worst offender. The nickel costs $0.14 to make. Dimes cost $0.05 and Quarters $0.12. The reason nickels are so expensive to make is/.

I had thought that “nimrod” as “dim witted” was common usage, but apparently it derives entirely from Loony Tunes shorts where Daffy or Bugs call Elmer Fudd or Yosemite Sam “Nimrod” in mocking reference to the biblical “great hunter”.

Reading a biography of Eisenhower, and dang it is NUTS how the military recommended the use of tactical nukes to solve just about every sticky problem in the 1950s. Extremely lucky Eisenhower had a strong aversion to the idea of using “those awful things” again.

RT @jmhorp: The share of income spent on food, clothing, and housing in the has declined dramatically since 1901 in the United States. It's….

RT @jmhorp: Share of income spent on necessities in the US, 1901 to 2023

Every so often, someone reminds me: I wrote a novel. And it's a fun read!.

I heard a few too many opinion pieces asserting "the stock market is back where it was on April 2, which shows the economy has adjusted to the tariffs" so I had to do a podcast focused on how much is still to come on tariffs.

RT @PillarCatholic: So where do popes come from?. @Brendan_m_Hodge explains:.

For those who like their graphs and numbers about the conclave and the papacy, I've got more coming at @PillarCatholic . However, in the meantime, you might want to check out @meepbobeep's post on papal mortality and lengths of reign. Great stuff:.

RT @jdflynn: Here's what I've learned in Rome, for serious, when I talk to reporters, commentators, pundits, etc. If you read @PillarCatho….

After all of these years, why is it that Excel is still not willing to treat dates before 1900 as real dates you can run functions on?. Surely I am not the only person in the world who wants to do calculations on dates before 1900!.

RT @BishopPaprocki: (Post 1 of 2): The Bible tells us, “Make no mistake: God is not mocked” (Galatians 6:7). The Pope is the Vicar of Chris….

Maybe with time, those opportunistic shoppers eventually become regular shoppers. But if discounts are too deep, you train your customers to only buy on sale. 40% off is deep enough you feel stupid for paying full price. It resets customer price perception to the sale price.