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[This, an occasional counter to the ongoing stream of Awful News …]
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rDay Seven-Hundred-Thirty-Eight
Sunday, yard work (raking up debris from hedge trimming, prep for lawn-mowing, etc.) …
Get Bob Mankoff While You Can
A Different Slant on Income Equality
This from the Harvard Business Review …
A Curmudgeon’s Suggestion
Many of you know that I abhor Facebook and much of social media. While it can make sense for businesses and political activists and some others, my background in the computer industry and in government prescribe for myself a good dose of avoidance. The New York Times today has a good piece for the layperson who wants to divest.
And, as a related matter, you could die. So here’re some considerations for that eventuality.
One That Caught My Eye Today
This photo from Boulder, CO, apparently yesterday during wildfires there.
[Whoops. This was intended for the photoblog. Oh, well …]
The Comfortractor
Brother Dennis, apparently in a Iowa farm-nostalgic reverie, directs my attention to a 1938 Minneapolis-Moline “comfortractor”, intended originally to serve dual purposes as both farm utility implement and as roadworthy passenger vehicle. One of these rarities already sold at auction for $200,000. Read more here. 
Best Countries
US News & World Report has released the results of its annual survey to determine the “best countries” under a variety of criteria. Go here for much more detail, but here is a quick intro or overview:
rDay Seven-Hundred-Fourteen: jamesa Fixes Things
Working on the broken tracked Jeep:
