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No option
Newcastle United, the stress and misery-inducing Premier League football club, has decided they want to change their logo. There are many divisive things in football, that’s why people like it, but this has unified the fan base around one decision: don’t. The club only started wearing a crest in 1969, and have kept the current…
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What are the chances?
Have you ever wondered how common your name is? Well, you needn’t wonder any longer, especially if you live in the US. This website HERE tracks name popularity, up to the year 2021. In that year, the odds of a child being called Oliva OR Liam, the most popular name for girls and boys, was…
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Un Gatto
There has been a stray cat that has been frequenting our backyard recently. Ky and I call him (?) Un Gatto, Spanish for “A Cat”. I don’t mind him, and have been giving him some milk. He loves it! I would too if I lived rough like him. Un Gatto comes more and more frequently,…
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Do your homework
Today was the last ever Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting with Warren Buffet at the helm. At the age of 95, the Oracle of Omaha has decided to call it quits. It’s been quite a ride! I was a fractional shareholder in Berkshire for a while, but never exercised my right to go to the annual…
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Upside Down
Our mortgage rate expires in eight days, which means we had to decide what new rate we wanted to lock in. The options ranged from 18 months to 5 years, with a range of about 50 basis points. This isn’t my first time doing this, and my approach is always the same: look at the…
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Prisoners of Geography
Have you ever wondered about why the British only emigrated to a handful of their colonies, despite at one point controlling 1/5 of the globe? Or in more frank terms, why did a lot more Brits go to New Zealand, and not Jamaica? The answer might surprise you, it certainly surprised me. Life in the…
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For Sale, Always
There is a guy online who I find in equal parts entertaining and educating, which is a rare mix. His name is Rory Sutherland, the Vice-Chairman of the advertising group Oglivy, and in the words of The Guardian, “One of Tik Tok’s most unlikely stars”1 . His whole spiel is that he teaches lessons about…
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Phones Down
My wife and I had a lovely dinner this evening, and on the topic of discussion was how we could be more present for each other, and our daughter. We came up with a few ideas, some better than others. I have a few Jewish friends who do Sabbath, and while I am impressed by…
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Who is a competitor?
It seems so obvious doesn’t it? But think about it for a while, and it isn’t as straightforward as you might initially imagine. Just say you had to create a list of the ten biggest competitors to Nike. Adidas is obviously on that list. Puma and Reebok, probably. Lacoste? They make tennis gear, but nothing…
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Game on
I thought the Nuggets were going to get blasted out in the first round of the playoffs. Turned out they’ve staged a remarkable comeback, and look very likely to go through. Celebrate the small things.