RE: PANDEMIC CHANGES Travel to Europe lately? Essentially cashless with the occasional exception such as a mom and pop convenience store.  For years Europe accepted credit cards at the table when tabbing out at a restaurant.  What took the U.S. so long? We are not the progressive society we posit to ourselves and the world. […]

In March 2021, I got $500 from the bank. I still have $300. And I’m kind of uptight, because it’s all in C-notes, which are traditionally hard to break. But I never need to, because I can pay with my credit card or Apple Pay EVERYWHERE! I predicted back in 2014 that Apple Pay was […]

It’s gonna kill tennis. I was riding the lift last winter and my companion was a local. So I asked the usual questions, was she retired, how much does she ski… You see people move to the mountains to ski and stop. It’s classic. First you stop going on busy days, and then you stop […]

I found her! This is the woman I was writing about the other day, the one on TikTok. I spent hours watching female comedians on the service and she never showed up. But scrolling today, while doing my back exercises, she appeared! Nearly instantly! Her TikTok handle is: @notalimac I’m now following her. I don’t […]