I just finished Bryan Caplan’s excellent book The Case Against Education. The main assignment is in two parts:

1. Listen to this.
2. Read this.

For a main-assignment bonus, read this.

Now for the extra credit:

• Watch this from C-SPAN Reason.
• Choose a theme song for yourself that if you were an MLB player would be played when you were up to bat. Post in the comments if you have a chance. Mine is this classic – I think about this song every time someone counts something.
• “Mint 2 Bee” (That’s the name, but what is the business?)

Stories:

• I spotted these in the wild.
• Donovan’s networking technique
• Oh, and I went to Hong Kong . . .
  • City is completely international and truly a 24-hour city.
  • At least the humidity and temperature are equal so it doesn’t matter which one you quote.
  • Lots of grandmas.
  • “Exotic fruit”
  • Free shoe shines and LOTS of toiletries.
  • Swag report: 45 lbs + on the return trip
  • Nobody pours their own drink (coffee, tea, soda, etc.) in HK.
  • No napkins for you!
  • These people can really bus a table. It must be a local sport or something.
  • The taxis drive 30-year-old communist clunkers. The Ubers drive Teslas.
  • Buyers regret (painting); not buyers regret (suit)
  • NYC to HK a lot like Vegas to Macau
  • Macau = New Orleans + Las Vegas
  • I’m going to have a hard time walking around without young Asian women directing me.
  • Having small girls hold doors for me and watching men walk in front of women is awkward.
  • These folks don’t miss a single chance at merchandising.
  • Fucking powerful lasers
• There will be gifts!

Jams:

• This is just happy.
• Take that you sons of bitches!
• Who can’t relate to this?
• Seriously, why aren’t we dancing?

Remember that last Fribrary there was a challenge to me by me that was accepted by me to fill Kevin‘s joy jar by providing “Kevin‘s jams”. How did I do?

P.S., Angie recommended this–“I can’t look away.”

See you Friday!