What Do You Call the Person Who Exposes You to Covid-19? Sometimes, a cigar is just a cigar.” –Sigmund Freud. I literally don’t understand 90% of the scientific terms on the resumé of my 21 year-old, premed son. In the course of doing volunteer contact tracing for Santa Clara county (Bay Area), he’s had to...Read More
Trump Impeached a Second Time [Note to Readers: The views expressed here are solely those of Ross Kaplan, and do not represent Edina Realty, Berkshire Hathaway, or any other entity referenced. Edina Realty is a subsidiary of Berkshire.] Of all the desecrations committed by President Donald J. Trump or his followers the last 4+ years,...Read More
Takes Pains to Distinguish Himself From “Traitors and Enablers” Who Waited Until After January 6 Satire Alert * * * Satire Alert * * * Satire Alert [Note to Readers: Can’t wait for April Fool’s this year? Need to vent (some more) after last week — and 10+ months of pandemic? If so, keep reading ....Read More
Channeling “Hal” from “2001: a Space Odyssey” [Note to Readers: The views expressed here are solely those of Ross Kaplan, and do not represent Edina Realty, Berkshire Hathaway, or any other entity referenced. Edina Realty is a subsidiary of Berkshire.] So, faced with a second Trump impeachment and widespread fury following Wednesday’s attack on the...Read More
I Thought Realtors Weren’t Supposed to Bring Up Politics Realtors “network” (share in-person and electronically) a variety of things: upcoming listings, Buyer needs, price reductions, etc. They also canvass their colleagues for good, reliable contractors — especially if they need someone ASAP. Which explains this email in my in-box earlier today: In need of an...Read More
The S&P 500’s New 800-Pound Gorilla (or is it Albatross?) Unlike the practice of going “long,” investors who short a stock profit when it drops, not when it rises. So, shorting “TulipsRUs” at $500 share yields a $450 gain if the price collapses to $50. Ahhh, but what happens if “TulipsRUs” instead rockets to $1,000?...Read More
