Week of 1/12/2022

This seems to be the week when everyone got Covid-19 (or when everyone you know did). Local schools continue to deal with many absences (student AND teacher) and most people are trying to figure out what the right quarantine protocol is. As we wrote about last week, we will see if the United States follows similar patterns of quickly declining cases seen in other countries. In the meantime, we do our best to manage. We think this op-ed by philosopher Agnes Callard is worth your time: Covid makes us want to see the future. Too bad we’re not good at it.

We really enjoyed Disney’s new film, Encanto. It’s another great story and we are suckers for good Latin music. In related trivia (but not in Encanto), cartoon characters often only have 4 fingers in order to cut the time it takes to render the animation, saving millions of dollars. Rice is big business, and the search for the world’s best rice has more drama than you’d expect. For many food lovers, specific dishes require specially selected varieties. What was the worst year ever? 536 A.D. has a pretty good case for the championship belt. The onset of US-Japanese hostilities in 1941 meant an unexpected journey for a Pan-Am passenger flight.

Ask the Joes® (and Cale) is punting this week, instead offering this look at some important financial indicators, including December employment, courtesy of our friend Brad McMillan

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