Halloween Flotsam and Jetsam
Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.
Congratulations to the Los Angeles Dodgers for winning the 2024 World Series. Even though I didn’t watch any games this was the outcome I was hoping for. The Dodgers beat the Yankees and Mookie Betts wins his third World Series ring. Congrats… Donald Trump announces that he will seize the assets of criminal gangs and drug cartels and take the proceeds and use them to set up a fund for the victims of illegal migrants. Like the idea but think it's equally important that he sets up a process for people who wrongly have their assets seized by police today... Not going to lie - this does worry me about the future of both Google and AI... Freddy Freeman was named the World Series MVP. I can’t think of a more deserving player or nicer guy for the honor… Think if you did a poll of Boston sports fans that they would much prefer Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs to own the Celtics than Red Sox owner John Henry. This would have been unthinkable a couple of years ago. Of course we'd much prefer current minority owner Steve Pagliuka to get the team... Ari Fleisher on the modern media... Some life advice that's its much better to read than live first hand the experiences: always get business promises involving compensation in writing no matter how good intentioned or how much you like the other party. Secondly - if you are a consultant always offer existing customers a discount to re-up their contract for your services. Offer the same discount to friends for referrals... Things you wonder at night: can Hezbollah leaders get life insurance polices? Who would issue those?… JD Vance is to appear on Joe Rogan's podcast today. Be honest can you imagine Tim Walz doing the same? We are witnessing the birth of a new media paradigm... If someone is sincere about a business promise they should have no trouble putting the promised reward in writing before you put in the time and effort to get the results. And since customers take a lot of time and effort to get - it makes sense to offer a discount for your new ones (time is money) and getting a new customer costs a lot more than keeping old ones - so give them a discount too… Have a safe and happy Halloween!…
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