Every year around this time of the year I collect and post annual Best Of lists and this is the third edition featuring the absolute best photography, Dan Wang 2025 letter, the best lessons for investors, the best stories in journalism, the best travel books, the best video games, the best recipes, the airlines we lost, and many more. See you next week!
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Dan Wang’s 2025 Letter
One of my favorite reads every year. Expanding from living in the tech world inside China to returning to the US and moving to Silicon Valley and AI and books and food, enjoy!
8 Lessons for Investors From Market Turbulence in 2025
Best Journalism of 2025
Ten People Who Shaped Science in 2025
The Best Video Games of 2025
The Most Unmissable Art Exhibitions of 2025
The Best Video Essays of 2025
The Five New Species Discovered in 2025
The Ten Best Books About Travel of 2025
The Airlines We Lost in 2025
The Ten Most Popular Recipes of 2025
2025 Nature Photographer of the Year Awards
2025 in Reuters Pictures
Top 25 News Photos of 2025
2025 International Landscape Photographer of the Year
Oh boy! I always like the photos lists! Hello from Laredo, TX! Here for 4 nights to see old friends and go to a party with folks I worked with. Not a bad deal. 4 nights IHG stay, rental car w/upgrade, airplane main economy with window seat round trip and the airporter shuttle to and from Bellingham to Seattle. $222 out of pocket. I know it could be better but it suited a last minute trip plan!
And….. Gold! For the Pacific Northwest AND Texas!
Good for Carl!
Thanks for the great photos! I might even travel to the Library of Congress
on the Metro in the next couple days!
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/what-youre-watching-isnt-what-youre-really-watching
You think you’re watching an innocent woman being shot and killed in cold blood by the federal government, but what you’re really watching is the death of the United States of America.
Cell phone footage from the officer was just released: https://www.instagram.com/reels/DTTHIi7isL4/
Belated happy new year George! Wife and daughters are using some of our AA stash and the rest of our Hilton stash to fly to TX for a family reunion for some of her relatives. Currently thinking about a spring break trip to the SC/GA coast.
Man, Trump is going to run those printing presses hot…
Hey guys, real job has been on a tear…of just one time events. First time I am going to deal with the death of a beneficiary of a client who recently died while everything was in process. In addition, another client’s elderly mother has entered a facility and trying to sort out an incredible mess left behind, scamming likely involved. And another one is in the process of moving to a place that can provide the medical care she needs. And many are having the flu.
This blog is taking a back seat. Seeing no cc conversions credited since December 11 has beaten the records of a dry streak here…by far. Plus, lost another subscriber. So, the motivation is just not there anymore. Going to post when I find time.
Many protests here in Ann Arbor about the ICE murder. This country must find a way to survive the lunatic in charge, brace yourselves.
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Thank you Mr. Powell at the Fed for standing up to the lunatics #respect
There WILL be a post here tomorrow Tuesday January 13. It will be the usual Friday type post catching up on everything and there is so much going on.
Enjoy it while it lasts #theendisnear