James R. (Bob) Hagerty

Danny Conner, Traveling Reptile Showman and the ‘Steve Irwin’ of Texas, Dies at 68 His snakes, lizards and giant turtles were hits at county fairs and boat shows.

My story on a traveling reptile showman who tried to scare kids just enough—and warned them against poor pet choices
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David Murdock, Corporate Investor Who Made Nutrition an Obsession, Dies at 102 Murdock, a high-school dropout, made a fortune in real estate and agriculture, owning Dole Food.

The pineapple king who ate banana skins and aimed to live to 125. www.wsj.com/real-estate/...

Marina Whitman, Economist Who Advised Nixon and General Motors, Dies at 90 The daughter of a renowned mathematician, she broke glass ceilings and defied stereotypes.

Nixon made her a White House economic adviser. She refused to be an ornament. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Poutine yes. Putin no!

Stanley Fischer, Who Helped Defuse Financial Crises, Dies at 81

The genial, consensus-seeking economist who got Ben Bernanke interested in macroeconomics and monetary policy--and shaped a whole generation of leading policy makers. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/b...

Paul A. Strassmann, World War II Resistance Fighter Turned Computer Guru, Dies at 96 He decried the “technology arms race” of the 1980s and ‘90s, arguing that companies first needed to figure out what they really needed.

When he arrived in New York in 1948 as a 19-year-old immigrant, his most notable work experience was as a Jewish resistance fighter, blowing up train tracks to stall Nazi troop movements. www.wsj.com/tech/paul-st...

Robert A.G. Monks, Crusader Against ‘Imperial’ C.E.O.s, Dies at 91

Robert A.G. Monks, Crusader Against ‘Imperial’ C.E.O.s, Dies at 91 www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/b...

Marshall Rauch, Jewish Maker of Christmas-Tree Ornaments, Dies at 102 Transplanted from New York to North Carolina, his company would eventually make more than a million ornaments a day.

He was to Christmas-tree ornaments what Kinky Friedman was to country music. www.wsj.com/business/ent...

Exclusive | Trump Family Has Held Deal Talks With Binance Following Crypto Exchange’s Guilty Plea The discussions for a stake in Binance’s U.S. arm come as founder Changpeng Zhao has pushed for the administration to pardon him for his own 2023 guilty plea.

A move that would put Trump in business with the firm that pleaded guilty in 2023 to violating anti-money-laundering requirements. www.wsj.com/finance/curr...

Bob Kierlin, Frugal CEO Who Wore Secondhand Suits, Dies at 85 Co-founder of Fastenal kept his salary low and stayed in cheap motels on business trips, but donated generously to schools and arts groups.

Here's one CEO of a big Nasdaq-listed company who kept his pay low and stayed in cheap motels. The board wanted to pay him more. He said he didn't need it. www.wsj.com/business/bob...

James R. (Bob) Hagerty: Tell Your Own Life Story – or Someone Else Will In this week’s 4-Quarter Lives, Avivah Wittenberg-Cox talks with James R.

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When you're feeling discouraged, just remember that John Hiatt rhymed "amoeba" with "Queen of Sheba."

They’re 100 Years Old—And Still Could Do Your Taxes Some tax professionals keep crunching numbers into their 90s and beyond

She will be 101 next month and is still working as a tax preparer. Meet the amazing Else Rike.

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Sarah Vaughn
Eva Cassidy
Diana Krall
Joan Armatrading
Iris DeMent

Definitely. Not easy to find. Terry Reid and B.B. King were the warm-up acts for the Rolling Stones U.S. tour in 1969.

Paul Oreffice, Outspoken Former CEO of Dow Chemical, Dies at 97 Among other things, he called environmentalists “professional merchants of doom.”

Long before Elon Musk, he ignored the established rules of CEO etiquette
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She swore by pots of secret potions,
salves, pomades and silky lotions,
ointments, creams and abstruse notions,
steeped in salt from seven oceans–
seas that severed her from me

Thank you!

Charles Handy, Management Expert Who Predicted Many Modern Trends, Dies at 92 A bestselling author, who hated to be called a management guru, foresaw the rise of remote work and the decline of corporate lifers.

The management guru who didn't want to tell you how to run your business but hoped to make you think more deeply.
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Peggy Caserta, Arbiter of Hippie Fashion in the 1960s, Dies at 84 She lent clothes to the Grateful Dead, was Janis Joplin’s lover and threw away her fortune on drugs.

She sold bell bottoms to flower children and loaned leather jackets to the Grateful Dead. It didn't end well.
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Good thing that sunny mood didn't last or he would have started sounding like John Denver ....

The thing to do
if you're feeling blue
is close your eyes
and think of Baraboo

The days are getting longer

Could bluesky find a better way to get rid of fake accounts featuring pictures of young women?

Being a garbage man was never the best job, but at least they had company and could joke about some of the crazy things people threw out. Now they are put in fancier trucks that mean one person does all the work alone. Slip them a $20 if you get a chance.

I disagree with these two sayings but like them anyway:
"Anything too stupid to be said is sung" --attributed to Voltaire.
"La musique est un bruit qui coûte cher" --attributed to King Leopold II of Belgium

Sign held up by a panhandler in Pittsburgh today: At least give me the middle finger

Top 20 Albums of 2024 Just when we thought last year's blues rock and roots albums couldn’t be topped, 2024 arrives with more than its fair share of outstanding releases. We were bowled over by each of these albums, includ...

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Review: Dom Martin ‘Buried Alive’ Review: Dom Martin ‘Buried Alive’ By Hal Horowitz If you hear traces of Rory Gallagher or Gary Moore in the guitar playing of Irish blues rocker Dom Martin, that’s no accident. Growing up in Ireland...

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HAIM - Now I'm In It YouTube video by HaimVEVO

Any time you need energy or surcease from sorrow: www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-Un...