Rambling Before I Join Sophia In The Pool -- June 28, 2022

This morning, on the radio, while driving out to the lake, the weather forecast for today: "cloudy, cool and 93°.

I couldn't be in a better mood:

• perfect television and streaming.
• I love TCM; it seems to keep getting better
• Hulu is awesome
• sports? dead zone right now
• books:
• one book a week
• Zeihan's, c. 2022, a must-read for anyone following the oil sector, geo-politics
• easy reading; lots of cocktail chatter
• I bet it's mandatory reading at US Naval academy and US Navy senior officer schools
• magazines
• just subscribed to Science, $79 / year
• will re-subscribe to The New Yorker as a trial for 26 weeks; $26
• curious to see how they report the current SCOTUS decisions; should be fun
• music
• YouTube keeps getting better and better
• Lana Del Rey catalogue: if just one "catalogue" on a desert island, this would be it
• politics, yes politics
• SCOTUS: back to strict interpretation of the constitution
• NYT: Chief Justice Roberts has lost his court
• up and coming Amy could be next chief justice if Roberts not careful; or retires;
• speaking of which: wow, these justices are young; they're not going anywhere for a long time; exception: Breyer has announced retirement
• investing
• be fearful when others are greedy
• be greedy when others are fearful
• watch Buffett; he keeps accumulating more OXY
• and I don't think OXY is even among the best for young investors