A recent CDC report says that just 6% of Covid-19 deaths had no additional listed causes or comorbidities. As you might expect, Twitter lit up like the Bay Area lightning storm that started all those wildfires: CDC: 94% COVID-19 mortalities had comorbidities such as hypertension, obesity, diabetes or dementia. Only[…] Read On
Monthly Archives: August 2020
Six Days, Seven Hours
Six days, seven hours. That’s how long we were forced to flee our home of 26 years in the wake of the Bay Area wildfires. First we were locked down. Then we were locked out. Which is worse? You know, I don’t even want to go there. All I know[…] Read On
Postcard From the California Wildfire Zone
I’m sure you’ve all heard about the wildfires raging across California since that bizarre lightning storm ignited tens of thousands of acres of dry kindling that the Sierra Club’s lawyers blocked anyone from clearing for decades. As a result, the Tobaks have magically morphed into a family of meandering nomads[…] Read On
It Is the End of Days
“Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together … mass hysteria!” – Peter Venkman, Ghostbusters Tesla has a $351 billion market cap. With a P/E of 976. Ellen Degeneres is getting canceled. Seth Rogen is being hailed as a historian of Judaism for playing a Jewish guy in a movie. A[…] Read On
Best Haircut Ever
I’m inspired. Today, I got a haircut. It never felt so good. Never mind how pathetic that sounds. It’s something a lot of us are feeling lately. Never mind that my haircut had to take place out in the parking lot and the business owner and all her stylists can’t[…] Read On
Don’t Mess Up a Good Thing
This week we have two stories about some of the dumbest CEO moves in recent memory. First up: Remember the Kodak story from last week — how the Trump administration shocked the drug world by awarding the flailing camera maker a $765 million loan to make chemicals for big Pharma?[…] Read On
Anarchy or Law and Order — It’s Your Choice
Nobody’s perfect. We all make mistakes. Sometimes our mistakes harm others. For most of us, workplace errors have relatively benign effects. Not so for doctors, firefighters, police, politicians and other jobs where lives are at stake. That may be power but it’s also a burden. A heavy burden. Look. Nobody[…] Read On