Ramblings -- September 6, 2023

Locator: 45533B. 

I'm sitting here watching a documentary on "The Ventures," having just completed a five-day round trip to Philadelphia and return to north Texas. Don Wilson of "The Ventures" died 2022. This is 2023. Who knew?

One of the best music documentaries ever. Inexpensive production. Great story. Highly recommend.

What a great country.

I wonder how many folks -- on a road trip, no air travel -- can say they visited Gettysburg on a Friday afternoon and Shiloh on the following Monday afternoon. 

Back to "The Ventures." 

It's a documentary on Amazon Prime Video.

Incredible. 

I have a "love-hate" relationship with CNBC. Tonight (September 6, 2023), Jim Cramer had a monologue on the Fed and JPow. Jim Cramer, again, got it exactly right.

Our next five-day road trip? Chicago. First day to St Louis. Overnight. Then drive into Chicago on Friday to visit the art museum(s). Back to Kankakee overnight. Back into Chicago for Saturday and more museums.. Depart Chicago area sometime late Saturday / early Sunday to return to north Texas. 

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A Highlight Near Shiloh

After Shiloh, we wanted dinner at Chick-Fil-A. Amazing. There's a Chick-Fil-A in Corinth. On top of everything else, we loved the southern hospitality. Seriously.

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Beer

A reader sent me a note with regard to beer. Lots of mention of lite beers. Can't stand them (lite beers). I prefer crafts beers, and I prefer IPA beers. Tonight, enjoying an India pale ale (IPA), northeast Texas, "Hop and Sting," brewed -- can you believe this -- in Grapevine, TX. I've visited the brewery. Here’s another crafts beer: brewed in Dallas.

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Investors

Short term? Apple (AAPL) could be very, very volatile.

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Thoughts On Shiloh, Gettysburg

Gettysburg: big disappointment. It appears the Union not particularly interested.

Shiloh: incredible. Confederate moms, daughters, sisters, wives understood. Sad day for the Union's legacy. Grant could have done better.

Politics: US politics during this entire period -- 1850 - 1965, atrocious. The Union could have done better.

Destinations: both Gettysburg and Shiloh are destinations. Both require huge expense -- time and money -- to visit.

• the two-hour drive from the main road to Gettysburg: lots of zigs and zags through residential settings
• the two-hour drive from the main road to Shiloh: straight, relaxing, serene

Gettysburg: all about the bookstore.

Shiloh: all about the story.

Corinth, MS, hospitality: awesome.

Gettysburg: no plans to visit again.

Shiloh: would visit again, if opportunity presented; perhaps with Laura's twins in 2033.

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Gettysburg

The red star marks where we initially parked before driving to the visitor's center.

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Barnes Foundation

Perhaps #1 fine arts "museum" May and I have visited.

Link here.

Wiki here.

Controversy here.

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Dinner: Does It Get Any Better?

Beer, mussels, and an artichoke.