Another Great Day In The Greatest Country In The World -- August 13, 2023

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Updates

Later, 6:46 p.m. CDT: Megan Scholfill wins, a "4&3 win." It's almost bittersweet. I was pulling for Latanna, such a great sport. ["4&3 win: three holes left; wins 4-up. Couldn't one just say "wins with 3 holes left"?]

One of the "cool" things about Covid -- allowed athletes to play five full years -- if I understand this correctly, Latanna could come back and play again for the championship next year.

• Megan Schofill: seeded 6th -- looks like she could win this going away, as they say; three up with eleven holes left to play; Auburn. Nine holes left, up four. Looks like she wins at the 33rd hole. 
  
• Latanna Stone: seeded 45th; very sore right leg, LSU. You know, that's pretty good, to be seeded #45 and take on the number 6 seed and take it almost to the 36th hole.
  
• earlier, Rachel Heck, lost in the semi-finals was seeded ninth. Yesterday.
  

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Sports:

• NFL pre-season
• FedEx PGA in Memphis wraps up today; field will be cut from 70 to 50
• 123rd Amateur Women's golf will crow a new champion today

FedEx -- PGA: wow, what an incredible disappointment. Only two or three big names. Where are / were all the big names? Clearly the era of Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson is over. Bittersweet. Absolutely the most boring tournament ever. I did watch the last twelve holes -- who won? Let's look: Glover, Cantlay, Rory, and Tommy Fleetwood. So unremarkable. Fifty advance. Ricky Fowler and Matt Kuchar won't advance.

The book club: The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History, John M. Barry, c. hardcover, c. 2004 -- just arrived today -- by Amazon; ordered yesterday. "Free delivery." The book that led me to this book: Premonition by Michael Lewis, writing on the outbreak of Covid back in 2020. Written in real time.

Notes.

Swimming: 50 lengths of the pool -- a new record for me; used to do 20, then upped it to 40 this year; today, 50 for the first time. Done earlier. Will be back in the pool later this evening.

Birthday: planning for birthday party blow-out which is scheduled for next Saturday.

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Rivian

Rivian was recently in the news. That was a turning point for me. I no longer follow the "EV" story; no longer interested. But that doesn't mean I won't follow an occasional story, especially if it "involves" or relates to investing.

This recommendation four days ago:

So, how did Rivian do after that stellar 2Q23 earnings and the prediction for a huge short squeeze:

Down 16% over five days: