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@GoodStix well said and it’s the question of a generation. For one, I’d love to see a return to more meaningful employee ownership stakes in businesses, whether through common shares or ESOPs. Both have cons but also create a meaningful alignment of interest and could help us get back to focusing on “careers” where we feel pride and investment in our employer versus “jobs” and “gigs” where employees are incentivized to jump ship for every marginal benefit. To me this also plays into our lost sense of commitment and dedication to our communities… Local schools, churches, knowing your neighbors, etc. versus hopping around every 3-5 years without growing roots. Tough stuff.

Deceit applies too generous of an expectation of economists. No one knew how much of the inflation (in the US) in 2021 and early 2022 was related to Covid restrictions going away and the national economy reopening. People who thought it was all related to restrictions easing had a case that it would be transitory. From 2014 to 2019 rates were rising, in hindsight they should’ve gone higher quicker and eased less during Covid. Economics is backward looking and has always had an impossible time predicting future outcomes, but it’s still a generally better guess than those calling for the apocalypse every year ad nauseum.

Monte 4, any smaller format stuff from Punch or RyJ works.

@Ford2112 correct! A few fine drinking establishments as well… Always takes me a month or so to recover after a trip but always worth it!

NoLa legend. Have seen her a number of times over the years. Hard to find bad music in that city…

Christmas gift to myself this year, just a splash of red for the holiday!

Having to make a special request for your hotel room to be cleaned and restocked. Nothing says 2022 like paying more and getting less!

Nacho Baños? I’ve seen his teles around and had a chance to handle one, fantastic guitar. The research he does is incredible. His books are fantastic too. Love a nice sea foam Strat! Congrats!

No one knows for sure, but I’d bet on a moderate tech led recession in the US. Much more 2000-2001 than 2008-2009. Household savings and employment stats are good, the Fed is moving aggressively to de-risk their balance sheet (people are ignoring this even though it’s as important as the rate hikes). Overall, the last decade has been incredibly prosperous. A moderate reset isn’t the end of the world. I will say though, the picture in Europe looks much bleaker right now.

Love them. Intense flavors right out of the gate and never lets up. As much as I don’t love the size, I’m not sure I could handle this blend in a significantly larger vitola. Can easily make these last over an hour, sometimes hour and a half.

@SigmundChurchill raw gives you the most flexibility but it can still help fix some heavy handed auto-edits. It also gives you decent chromatic aberration and lens correction functions. It’s a pretty handy tool.

iPhone has definitely gotten better over the last few generations but the focus function is still way too oriented toward portrait/subject photography, even though they have added a great wide angle lens. In my experience that type of shot works best when the phone goes into night or low light mode and takes a number of long exposure shots and then superimposes them. Pano mode also does a good wide angle focus but you end up with a terribly sized picture you have to crop. I also definitely recommend adding Lightroom to your phone. If you’re used to basic photo processing you can get a lot more out of those phone pictures than what the stock phone app will give you.

There are few better or more fun workouts than catching nice tuna on stand-up tackle. Good luck with the blues!

Love Pierre Paillard, you’ll definitely enjoy it

I’m a big martini fan. My two current favorites, mood dependent, are as follows: Monkey 47 Gin (2oz), Ransom Dry Vermouth (.5oz), dash of orange bitters and a twist of orange Botanist gin (2oz), Dolin Dry (.25oz), Dolin Blanc (.25oz), twist of lemon To me the first is a great “modern” martini with a med+ body and a lot of sweet citrus. The second a more classic profile, fairly “dry” tasting and a great way to start a big meal.