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I was going to mention that the Chicago area got its first snow but I guess I won't.

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Everybody loves a white Hallowe'en.

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Sometimes, compared to earth shattering events elsewhere, local events get exposed for their minor significance.

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I don't know, Jack, daily life proceeds and remarking it seems fine.

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Good for you. Stability is a good thing. I'm feeling blown away by the state of the world lately. But you're right; the snow was a welcome distraction.

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Nov 1, 2023Liked by Weldon Berger

That was excruciatingly depressing to read. It reminds me that economists are like generals and politicians in that they have no idea what effect their random neuron firings have on the lives of actual humans, nor do they care to know.

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Yeah. I rarely drink but I poured a couple of generous shots of good Scotch last night to take the edge off. Horrible shit, and now I'm wondering if Abu Saif is still alive. Probably time to do some comedic private equity tales.

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I rarely drink, except when I need to be able to ignore whatever awful things are happening. Seems like I spend several hundred dollars every trip to the liquor store.

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I usually get a bottle of Scotch as an annual holiday gift. I have two partially consumed ones in a cabinet. I'd drink more if I didn't get horribly depressed the next day.

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Bud Powell's NIGHT IN TUNISIA is life-saving; it's like a secular prayer repeated in the arcanely arranged steps that open ecstacy. I just wish someone could shoot it into my veins, like ketamine (do they actually shoot that into your veins???)

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Hey! Good to see you. Yeah, I think this may be my favorite version of the tune.

The ketamine goes up the nose via a nasal spray, because ketamine is dirt cheap and there's no way for an humble pharmaceutical firm to make a bunch of money off it without reformulating it.

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