If you think you’re going to use the movies to figure out to beat the house, think again.
Today’s song cue
Author: letters_make_words
Every time I think I’m having trouble keeping up with the news I get a sign that someone else is falling further behind. The latest spam that got past the email filters is about how Obama is the anti-christ. If you’re going to warn the world about Barack Obama you’re 12 years too late. I would have expected to see Trump or Biden in a quest for clickbait spam, not Obama who isn’t even running this year.
We’re now three Epic Rap Battles past when this warning would have been in time to save us all.
Chicago sums it up with today’s song cue, “Does anybody really know what time it is?”
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How common is this problem?
Novel idea to use light poles in cities to host all sorts of services for the public. One of the proposed use cases is searching for buried bodies. First thought was how often will killers be burying bodies by the light poles unless they didn’t bring a flashlight.
With a reread after the spit take, I realize the intent was after disasters, but in that case won’t the poles near the incident also be affected and unable to be used to search for bodies.
SLaaP—Street Lamps as a Platform
I wish the research team well and hope they “Don’t Stop Believing”
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Return to sender
Donald Trump has been attacking the post office, but missing the mark as delivery has continued without interruption despite a pandemic. Also, UPS and Fedex continue to use the post office to deliver the last mile for their packages indicating a level of confidence in the ability of USPS to get packages to customers.
I recently received a survey from USPS about my “recent delivery service”. There is no recent delivery service since the specific business the letter was sent to wrapped up the LLC years ago.
I’ve had a lot of mailings this year from business to business services attempting to reach that closed business. No forwarding order or other paperwork filled out that would give the post office data to sell. Not sure if the post office purchased stale data or is so behind that the survey is only now being sent out.
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I’ll be the roundabout
So it seems a bit presumptuous to send postcards on how to drive through a roundabout, but all the roundabout fail videos indicate that it’s a real problem.
Song cue for today is Roundabout by Yes. The opening crescendo is kind of a tease since it could also be that you’re about to hear Heavy Metal by Don Felder.
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Beats all you ever saw
No laughing matter with the driver having a small child in the car, but I can’t get the Dukes of Hazzard theme song out of my head now.
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In my mind I’m going to Carolina
Travel blogger finds a way to keep busy while locked down during the Covid pandemic.
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You better shop around.
I remember when rates were 5% and a quote of 3.75% was a sketchy rate. With rates at historically low rates 3.75% is still a sketchy rate.
Got a mailer from quicken loans for a VA loan at 3.75% with 2.25 points. You read that right, points. The APR on that loan is 4.352 indicating additional fees on top of the 2.25 points.
Turns out NPR did a story about excessive rates for VA home loans. Quicken wasn’t even the worst offender. A company called New Day financial took that prize, sponsoring the Army Navy football game to really rub it in.
Rates right now for the best loan choice, Navy Federal Credit union.
| Standard VA with 0 down | 2.25% |
| Conventional fixed rate | 1.75% |
So if you’re a homeowner the best choice is Navy Federal. If you’re a salesperson looking for that gravy train with biscuit wheels head on over to Quicken or New Day.
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Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing
Research shows that using Facebook is not as good as actual interaction with other people. Whether it’s comparing your life to the perfect images. The scary data point is that Body Mass Index (BMI) is correlated with Facebook usage.
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Congratulations! Your prize is more work.
So Gamestop created a contest for their employees with the grand prize being the chance to work more hours.
https://www.ign.com/articles/gamestop-cancels-employee-contest-to-earn-extra-black-friday-work-hours