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Laptop Checked? Music and Art on the Waterfront.  Always Ready. It looks like international flights back into the U.S. will get a bit more quiet with many airlines starting to restrict what devices can be brought on board.  The days of using your laptop on those long trips back to the States may be over as all devices… Continue reading Check It or Hide It? Downtown West Palm. Semper Paratus.

Updates and Thoughts For The Start of Month Five 2017. North Korea now is warning China to back off.  China is posturing and uses the North Korea dilemma to leverage trade and tariffs with the United States.  With that said, China has the world’s largest military, estimated at 2.3 million.  China borders North Korea so maybe… Continue reading Short Takes to Start Off the Month of May.

Détente, Maybe Not.  Thirteen Is Not Enough.  ATL UTD and the Hawks. Carrier Strike Group 1 (CSG1) was deployed to the Korean peninsula last week to start joint naval exercises with Japan and South Korea.  On Friday, after North Korea test-fired another missile, CSG1 entered the Korean Strait.  CSG1 is the support group that includes the USS Carl Vinson,… Continue reading Sleep Well Kim Jong Un. There Should Be No Reason. Five Stripes and the Hawks.

Billy Gets Huge Golden Parachute.   I Would Watch United At Northside H.S.  Random Thoughts. If you look at Bill O’Reilly’s ‘walkaway’ payout from a pure business perspective it is still ridiculous.  Then you learn about the backstories and his purported ongoing sexual harassment of his co-workers. You then realize that his former boss, Roger Ailes, allowed… Continue reading Fox Does Right Wrong. Impact On The Inaugural Season.

Mother of All Bombs.  The NBA is a Tough Go.  The $5m Re-Accommodation.  Incentive Compensation. It was directed at an ISIS stronghold in Afghanistan.  “It” is a MOAB, the most powerful non-nuclear weapon ever developed, weighing 21,600 lbs. The MOAB, the “Mother of All Bombs”, is officially called the GBU-43/B and was first tested 17 years… Continue reading MOAB. Hawks Long Season. Airline Drama. A Random Thought.

Some Of The Week’s Highlights (or Lowlights). Trump signed the Bill allowing your internet service provider to sell your info to advertisers.  Info including your location, browsing history, etc.  Nothing good will come from this. Why is Tony Romo retiring from the NFL and going into the broadcast booth big news?  The Masters withstanding, it must… Continue reading The Week in Review.

But I Hit the Private Button!   The I-85 Six Flags Ride.  1st Sunday. The good news is we have internet service.  The bad news is that our internet service providers (Verizon, Comcast, Charter, etc.) again get to sell your information without your knowledge or approval.  Oh, I know, we all have nothing to hide so… Continue reading And We Pay Big $ For Our ISP. Bridge Over Troubled Waters.

Retail Woes 2.0.  Delta’s Pillars.  We Need A Solution.  Kicking It. They dominated retail for decades as millions of loyal customers flocked to their stores to buy everything from appliances to tools to clothing.  I am talking about Sears, the retailer that has been around since 1886 and now finds itself in substantial doubt of… Continue reading Retail Since 1886. Boarding. Terror. On To Panama.

A Very Entertaining 90 Minutes.  Random Takes. I will exclude my interest and background in the sport of soccer and focus on the game day experience at yesterday’s match between Atlanta United #ATLUTD and the Chicago Fire.  We drove over to MARTA’s North Springs Station and parked at no charge.  $2.50 to ride down to midtown’s… Continue reading Unite and Conquer. Just Stuff.

Supply and Demand.  Can We Be Cord-Cutters?  Mowgli Goes Live. We are the reason that networks pay the National Football League hundreds of millions of dollars each year.  We are the reason that sponsors and advertisers can pay the networks hundreds of millions of dollars to promote and advertise their brands, products and services.  We… Continue reading We Are the Reason. What Cable? The Jungle Book. Updates.