We’ve been chewing over the BPA — no, not the plastic kind, but the Biggest Problems in America. Sure, made the lists and checked them twice; pretty much know “who’s naught or nice…” Unless you’re a judge, or a prosecutor with a grand jury, or a national-level lawmaker, your “range of motion to repair” things … Read More

No.  We are not going to sit around after hot yoga and do “Ooouuummms” all day.  We’re not doing chakras, we’re into another kind of energy – the sort you write checks for. Energy of three types, in fact. Moods in soft space of the living room while the telly is on. How to get … Read More

As you may have guessed (being upright and fogging mirrors) we have two stories on the hot board this morning.  One has those distinctive Biblical overtones.  The other is more like a daytime soap gone off the rails. It’s all worth going through, because both will be dispensed with so we can jump into some … Read More

Friday wrap-ups are easy to write these days. You start with a list of the week’s major events.  Then you close your eyes and just sort of “see it” as a cartoon. “What would today look like with a hit of windowpane in the Ovaltine when I was a kid?” This ain’t Hanna-Barbera, but you’ll … Read More

Great to see the “signs and portents” lining up.  And with a nod to Andy, indeed the world is right on schedule. Like one of those childhood puzzles, where you had to slide boards with holes in them so a marble could drop through, we have arrived where holes are aligning now and the “through-drop” is … Read More

Last week we gave Peoplenomics readers a first look at our book Downsizing.  Today, a follow-up chapter. This one deals where to live and we go through a lot of choices. Key thing is the logic and seeing how the modern city-states work and how states are slowly having their powers diluted through local option … Read More

The early futures today were…what’s the word?  Confused about where to head next. Seasonality: One possibility is that the rally will be back from break in a minute and will stampede higher toward Labor Day – a traditional “late summer high” pattern. Fundamentals:  Somewhat stable, which could telegraph sideways for a while.  This morning, the NFIB … Read More

Welcome back to what’s another workweek (for the young) and another Week of Mystery for the retired. Week of Mystery because I still haven’t figured out why “time twisted” when passing 67. I just know there’s still not enough time to “get it all done.”  But somehow, under 65, it was all so easy. Markets: War … Read More

NOT that kind of rack; listen up old men. Today we’re walking through how Mr. Ure slapped together some primer-coated solar rack extensions — in the kind of heat that’d melt a possum’s tail. If you’ve ever had to work in blistering temps but couldn’t wait on weather, there are some field-tested hints here to … Read More

With the Downsizing book done this week (download it as a .PDF here), we’re thinking it’s time for serious snoozing. A few headlines (spoiler: the world is still nuts) and the outlook from the Wax Witch for what’s ahead, we plan on digging in to non-destructive pillow-testing More for Subscribers ||| Master Index 2018 to Present … Read More

If you slept in this morning brothers and sisters, here’s the embarrassing question few have the gumption to ask:  “Why do you work harder for others than you do for yourself?” The most precious resource we have is time.  We’re all here as “little gods in training” trying to figure out how we’re going to manage … Read More

TL;DR?  (Too Long; Didn’t Read?)  We’re going to make it easy on you, buba. Not a corporate PowerPoint.  But straight Joe Friday – “Just the facts, ma’am…” Inflation’s Coming Developer Trump’s “big bountiful bill” – if you hadn’t figured it – is all based on a developer’s best friend: inflation. Leverage, leverage, leverage. There are … Read More

“A zipper-gripper? Really?” Yeah, really. Because when markets start making that nervous metallic skreee sound — the kind where the handle’s caught halfway up and the teeth aren’t quite aligning — it’s not a bad time to ask whether someone’s about to get… well, you know. (R-17? “Screwed!) The ChartPack this week? Let’s just say … Read More