I’m a big DIY guy. I fix. Build. Landscape. Repair. Drop trees and make firewood. You name it, I DIY it. At any given time I’ve got like 9 or 10 projects going on around here. I do all sorts of stuff that normal people pay other people to do.[…] Read On
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Covid-19 Doesn’t Scare Me — Getting My Hair Cut Scares Me
The 80s called. They want their hair back. Tomorrow I’m going to the dentist to get my teeth cleaned. Then I’m getting my hair cut. I’m both excited and terrified, but not for the reasons you might think. Just one person has cut my hair for the last 20 years,[…] Read On
Patience Is a Virtue
Patience is a virtue that will be rewarded. That’s something being an executive, a husband and an investor has taught me. Never mind that I was usually on the wrong side of the equation. That’s how you learn. Young and impetuous are practically synonyms. So are old and wise. And[…] Read On
We May Have Shut Down the Economy for No Reason
Get this folks: There’s a very real chance that we locked Americans in their homes for months, shut down the economy, cost the nation trillions, caused countless small businesses to fail and cost Americans millions of jobs for absolutely no reason. Permission to be cynical: California’s celebrating news that confirmed[…] Read On
Mask, No Mask or Unmask?
Cruising into town, top down on a typical spring day, we passed three of our neighbors taking a walk. They were all wearing face masks. One of them was walking on the opposite side of the road from the others. As we and our uncovered faces drove cheerfully by, music[…] Read On
Dr. Fauci, the Nanny State and the Cost of Freedom
Today, Dr. Anthony Fauci warned that reopening the economy too soon without meeting appropriate checkpoints, without ensuring capacity to handle spikes in infection, could be risky. Well, duh. Tell us something we don’t know. While you’re at it, Dr. Fauci, why don’t you tell us what the odds are that[…] Read On
When Is Normal?
This is starting to get a little ridiculous. I look like a whacked-out hippie or some crazy old dude who thinks he’s still in an 80s hair band. The Bangles and Bon Jovi got nothing on me. On the flip-side I can skip the deodorant and eat tuna salad with[…] Read On