Today is our 50th anniversary.
One marriage. One partner. 50 years.
How to celebrate? My favorite tasteless was this.
Only $40.95 and customizable by years, by names and by outfits. We don’t look this way. I still have hair and Susan has her teenage figure. But it does give tasteless a whole new meaning.
You want one? Click here.
I was tempted by a nice ring. Look what I found on Amazon:
The top one is $49. The second with the side stones (which fall out over time) is $119.
I went for flowers. Susan liked them.
My friends are into their second marriage.
A famous philosopher said that a second marriage was a triumph of hope over experience.
A famous movie star said next time he’d save the wedding and just give her the house.
Warren Buffett said the most important decision in your entire life was whom you married.
I believe the key to a happy marriage is caring. Do you really want to take care of each other?
I do.
Today my regret is that our marriage won’t last another 50 years. There’s still so much to see, to enjoy, to learn.
How AI will improve all our lives
With AI, a carpenter can become an architect. An electrician can become a lighting designer. A cook can become a master chef. A hack software programmer can become a star programmer, ten times as productive, and earning ten times as much.
A writer can be a better writer, with a great AI editor and access to AI research. An investor will be a better investor, with greater research and different (better?) opinions. I like asking Perplexity what she thinks of stocks. She’s got acres more info than my meager poking around on web sites can find. She’s cautious when I’m hot to trot.
You and I, normal dumb people, will live longer. We’ll be better informed patients. We’ll have quick access to second, third and fourth opinions. I nearly died once when my first diagnosis (by a doctor) was totally wrong! These days, with you in their waiting room, your doctor checks AI. They now have AI medical sites accessible only to doctors.
Us old people are bombarded with products that will make us see better, hear better, think better, memorize better, sleep better, look better, eat better.
I watch endless Instagram videos featuring 80+ year old celebrities who can now remember like they were 30. Personally I don’t want to remember all the dumb things I did in my thirties. I’m happy to do new dumb things in my 80s.
AI tells me that the dietary supplements pushed on TV and social media are not certified for effectiveness by anyone — let alone the FDA. Many don’t even contain the ingredients which the bottles says they contain. About the only thing I know is that the actors and influencers pushing the pills are getting paid handsomely.
I’m sticking with tennis, napping, salads and as little stress as I can tolerate.
A super new way to get super rich
ICE is way overpaying for the buildings it is buying to turn into detention centers.
I suspect the companies running the detention centers are also making a killing. They’ve fond the key to super profitability — reduce expenses. Like feed the inmates as little as possible.
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How long have you been married? What’s your secret?
— Harry Newton
