3 1/2 weeks

 October 17, 2025 |Mark Ryan
Good afternoon, It's when we slurp those last few drops of chocolate milk, then set the carton down to wait for the milky film stuck to the inside walls to accumulate at the bottom, then slurp it again. Then we repeat the move a bit later, but we stop...
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On its own shoulders

 October 15, 2025 |Mark Ryan
Good afternoon. The word of the week is: “nonlinearly.” As in, the trail up the mountain takes us higher in a nonlinear way. A recent study out of Stanford suggests that we age nonlinearly -- old age is a curveball – and it really does sneak up on us...
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His little shoulders

 October 06, 2025 |Mark Ryan
The Spendemic: Based on the menus of the various streaming services, it seems that baking shows are all the rage. Today we imagine new one: It’s called “The Little Shop of Uncut Budgets.” It’s about a freaky little bakery in (name your capital city) where...
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Brick Chucker

 October 01, 2025 |Mark Ryan
Good afternoon, We start out with a long read (about 20 minutes), comprising an in-depth analysis of the potential for BRICS nations to develop a political/economic block of sorts. It’s worth a look if you’re feeling inquisitive about the potential for...
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