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  1. I'm on a bilogic and my EOB/Statements show that my insurance company paid close to $150k this year. That's crazy, but I am old and dumb (like most Americans) and don't understand all the crazy mechanics and math. I'm sure most folks needing biologics (read: old and ill) are just thinking "Just give me my medicine and tell me what I owe as a copay or what my employer takes out of my check, I don't need to know how the sausage is made."
  2. New year, same war. Interesting data I read this morning on polling and YoY changes: Data came from this website: https://kiis.com.ua/
  3. Rumor has it that Trudeau is resigning this week.
  4. Thanks. Today I learned that such a job role exists.
  5. What in the world is a "head of controversy" role. Is that in the C-Suite? lol
  6. I could be brainrotted and broken, but my first knee jerk reaction is "$8k/year to fight cancer is a fantastic deal."
  7. What the sigma. in just saw there was a Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl Game in college football. sheesh:
  8. Before I was well off I had a well off friend tell me, when I pressed him about overtipping, about the marginal value of that extra $5 and how it means more to them than it could ever mean to him. That unlocked something in my brain. Now that I have a lot of means, I love to tip. It’s an easy and near effortless way to spread some kindness and love and be of service to people. I love to overtip and make a downtrodden persons day. I love tipping the Costco and Target guy/gal loading my trunk because their surprise and joy is awesome. I love tipping $50 on a $20 diner ticket because you just know that is a material and meaningful impact on their day to day life. if people could do better and earn more, more than likely they would. I’m not talking about the steakhouse server making $100k/yr at Nick & Sam’s or the bar tender at a popular spot taking in the money. You know the people I’m talking about and the fact these people have to work for min. wage means they are worthy of what little noblesse oblige I have.
  9. For sure, especially if you are approaching these reports, which it sounds like you are— er I mean your “wife” is lol— with a very specific point of view or perspective on where you fit into the companies strategy. You can then control F for your specific call outs you care about (e.g. SAP 4HANA upgrade or whatever you sell).
  10. Shiiiiiz, I ain't afraid of you mofos
  11. The Fighter is in my Top 10. None of the others are, so that's my answer.
  12. Random thought today as I heard Snoop Dogg pitching T-Mobile or iPhones on the radio (and yes, I listen to terrestial radio because I'm old). Is Gen X propping this guy up? Boomers are like Linda Tripp-- this Snoop Doggy guy is violent and his music is vitrolic and don't let our kids listen to it. Millennials weren't alive when Snoop Dog was popular save for like 6 weeks when the "Drop it like it's hot" Pharrel song was big 20 years ago. Gen Z and Alpha don't know who this guy is, musically. He's their black Willie Nelson as a weed champion for legalization and culture, at best. But Gen X. We love Snoop. We were the prime audience for MTV when Snoop's videos were on every other song and Death Row was a thing. We made The Gourds cover of Gin & Juice an unironic and cringy staple at our fraternity mixers. Enjoying Snoop is/was our personality. We've taken a self-admitted violent gang-banger, who was once on trial for murder, and whose lyrics are the definition of misogny and turned him into a face of consumerism for an aging generation based on us not wanting to get old. How else do we explain his appeal to cover the 2024 Olympics, his iPhone jingles, podcast with Martha Stewart, etc.?
  13. I had 4 accounts I consulted on in the same industry, so I had the bandwidth to actually dial into the calls or listen to the recordings they would post on their IR page. I would also use AI to summarize them and parse out key themes and challenges as well. The key to these things, to @immamac point is to ignore the rosy, financial spin the company puts on and key in to the investors questions asking about gaps/weaknesses -- especially if they smell blood in the water and pile on. I've heard some very uncomfortable calls and the professional tap dancing can be amusing.
  14. Martin Short is quietly one of the funnier working guys still that might be relatively obscure to the GenZ/Alpha generation.
  15. The scenario of the nosy neighbor is what I was referencing. Something like that with amateur flying drones and invading privacy by taking photos of your land or whatever. Obviously not meant to shoot at a united airliner flying folks to Dallas from El Paso or anything stupid like that.
  16. Serious question for those who know (because I don't and can't find a definitive answer online): Is the airspace above the land you own, yours? Do you have to obtain air rights above your acreage in the same way you'd obtain mineral or water rights? Example: I own 100 acres in West Texas. I put up "no drones flying over my land signs or will be shot down". Can I then shoot down drones or jam them with electric jammers or what have yous? Not related to the OP and thread I don't htink (but to be fair, have not read a lick of this) but been wondering about this the past year or two.
  17. I did not realize Flower moung was LISD. What is Flower mound like these days? The couple of folks I know who live there are my age (read: old) and bought in the 90's and just haven't sold yet. Surprised it hasn't had a sharp downfall from it's peak like Coppell did about 15-20 years ago once the upper middles started moving out en masse, though I heard the Indians still love Coppell and Indians are great indicators for real estate in North Texas...
  18. They do like a full, preventative, (out of pocket) cardio workup and read-out, is the pitch. Curious if you had heard of this. It's like a cash only, wealthier people type thing from what I understand, and I'm just an old poor guy but my heart is getting up there in age!
  19. The Kill Tony show where Shane Gillis does his Trump and the other guy does a Biden was hilarious.
  20. So, getting back on topic, why did Luigi agreed to be extradited to NYC today after fighting it for a week?
  21. NY Times had an interesting cross section of reaction today. Here are some of the best: Van Jones: Sarah Longwell: Jonathan Karl Anita Dunn: Alexis McGill Johnson:
  22. Talk about a soft landing.
  23. Firstly, Nuclear Power Plants are the way to go. Energy Grid thread out front shoulda told ya. Secondly, having worked in/around the power and utilities industry. I'm not so sure that you can tell a difference in integrity for energy companies and tech companies like meta. It's the meme of Pam saying they are the same picture. Thirdly, I thought Meta was building or investing in SAMs. I could be thinking of Google. or Microsoft. I mean all big tech is adding power (nuclear) to their portfolios due to the greedy power hog known as AI.
  24. I was in a cabin in Colorado with the grandkids a couple weeks back during ski vacation. Pretty rustic, not a ton of luxury, but ski in/ski out, fire place, sauna, 5 bedrooms, etc. Each room was outfitted with a flat screen 27 inch TV. To the grandkids the TV was tiny and old fashioned, but normal to me. There was no streaming services, just a DVD player, a channel guide, and 40 channels on a schedule. Only two of which had any age appropriate cartoons. It was very interesting watching these kids who can watch any and all cartoon content at the click of a button at any given time have to watch a problematic episode of The Jetsons or an episode of the Flintstones on Boomerang. I found that modern cartoons keep tiny kids awake and hooked and stimulated with dialuted pupils. The cartoons from yesteryear where a nice sleep aid as kids would just pass out once they settled in to the acceptance that this is all you can have and there are no other options.
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