Taylor Swift Already Back In The Continental USA -- Whoo-Hoo!

Locator: 46776SWIFTIES.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/WUTangKids/status/1756356766974013898. 

Right now, local time:

• Tokyo: Sunday, 8:59 a.m.
• Los Angeles: Saturday, 3:59 p.m.
• Las Vegas: Saturday, 3:59 p.m.

The game: 25 hours from now. My hunch: if she wants, Taylor Swift can get from LA to LV by kick-off tomorrow.

Taylor's jet: Dassault 7X.  But apparently she did not take her private jet; there are reports she returned by a jet-for-hire.

Track her flight here.

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Superbowl 58

Wow, wow, wow -- when they bring up this author .....

... before we go there --

• today, all day, have been Superbowl vignettes on television
• Mahomes, a beginning of a dynasty?
• or a win by Mr Irrelevant?
  
• the game is being held in Las Vegas for the first time
• the billion-dollar singer Taylor Swift is getting endless attention
• a possible wedding proposal?
  
• half-time entertainment: "Usher"
• and, Apple, Inc, is sponsoring the half-time show -- could it get any bigger?

I thought not ... until someone "dredged" up this author: Hunter S Thompson -- perhaps my favorite personality at one time. Link here.

But the best part: Jerry Jones is nowhere to be found and I haven't heard the name Dak in weeks. 

As for me, I'm burned out. I'm not sure I'll even watch the game.

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Inflation Watch

Nachos: #1 on our homemade snack list for NFL games. [#2, a close second, home made buffalo wings.]

Today at Tom Thumb:

• Calidad Tortilla chips, regularly $2.99, only $0.99.
• Frito Lay bean dip, regularly $3.99; same price.
• French Onion Dip, regularly $2.00, only $0.99
• Pace Picante, regularly, $3.79, only $3.29. A 15% savings.
  

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Inflation Watch

Apple Air Tags: regularly four for $100.

They sometimes go on sale. My order arrived today, four for $79, Amazon. One of the best deals out there. About 20% off. $85 at Walmart.

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Barron's

Does the 4% withdrawal Rule for retirees still make sense? Link here.

Dividend stocks make sense now. Here are more than 20 to consider. Link here. Comments on social media, as usual, better than the story.

• ETFs (boring)
• CVX
• BP
• Morgan Stanley
• Citigroup
• PepsiCo
• Brixmor Property Group
• a number of energy and utility stocks
• a number of financial stocks
• social media comments
• first mentioned: EPD, ENB
• others: MPO, 
• but mostly just the usual suspects; must have been a slow news day.