This is the longest day of the year. From now on, the days start getting shorter. Really?
Your Mom’s birthday came and went. She was surrounded by lots of friends that took her to lunch and showered her with cards and tributes. One of the friends wrote new words to Doris Day’s hit song, “Que Sera Sera, Whatever Will Be, Will Be”, substituting, “Whatever Shel-by, Shel-by”. There were 3 separate verses. Clever. For a day in time, Mom was the center of the universe. Of course, Mom is the always the center of our universe.
Years ago, I got a gift of Calvin Klein shaving products. Included was an after-shave balm, which has a moisturizer. I like the balm. I don’t want to say it is expensive stuff, but the Government is thinking about dropping any “gold standard” and inserting “Calvin’s Shaving Balm” as the standard for money. I am running out of the balm and the last purchase was 5 ounces at Younkers for $50. Whoa! So the words of Grasshopper No.5 rung out: “Dad, check Amazon.com”. So I did. Yep, I had a choice of 3.4 ounces of balm for $20. I am not a math genius, but I can get 70% more for my money on Amazon. I am waiting for my new order to arrive.
I know most of you don’t follow the stock market closely, but yesterday was “ugly”. The market was down 2-3% in value, which is a lot. In the midst of all the doom and gloom was one stock which reached new highs. It was Gamestop. Grasshopper No.5 works for Gamestop. She told me 9 months ago that “gaming” stocks do well when the stock market appears gloomy. If only I had listened! The big reason Gamestop is up is that it is growing exponentially on hand held, internet connected, mobile devices. Dah!
If you like “hot and humid”, enjoy the next week.
Love,
Dad