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Book Report

1 When I was in fifth grade Mr. Luti had a metal box where you placed  your book reports. These were for pseudo credit. Kind of like when he asked everybody to tell him how much time they watched PBS. I didn’t watch it at all, but I said something like three and a half […]

My Year Abroad

https://amzn.to/3v2tdxR If this were a record, it would be the album of the year. I’m not talking about a worthless Grammy, I’m talking about the one everybody would be talking about, would be wowed by, something that would push the envelope and herald the dawning of a new age. Kind of like “Nevermind.” But even […]

Shuggie Bain

https://amzn.to/39UAxSE This is an incredible book. I’d been reading S.A. Cosby’s “Blacktop Wasteland,” and it was mildly interesting, although my mind still did wander, I’d get a hankering to look at my phone, I’d go down the internet rabbit hole, I’d force myself to get back to the book and then I’d repeat the process. […]

Tesla/Volkswagen

“How Volkswagen’s $50 Billion Plan to Beat Tesla Short-Circuited – Faulty software set back a bid by the world’s largest car maker for electric-vehicle dominance”: https://on.wsj.com/395tffN Will Tesla win in the end? Everybody said it wouldn’t, and most people still believe that the stock is overvalued, but the truth is making an electric car is […]