Piano bookcase

Where have we seen this before? More creative bookcases here.

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Is this painting a late Picasso or my five-year old daughter’s?

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Family fun project: football playoff conifer

Why throw away a perfectly good Christmas tree when you can “repurpose” it for the NFL playoffs season? Thanks to Adys Ann who helped me decorate the tree. (We began this tradition in 2016.)

Happy Extended Holidays!

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Definitely a dog person

How many dogs is too many dogs?

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In praise of capitalism

Source: @JimPethokoukis

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Why do hotel companies have so many brands?

That is the title of this excellent essay by Josh Barro, via New York Magazine. Here is the opening paragraph:

In 2016, Marriott Hotels, which had 19 hotel brands, merged with Starwood, which had 11. They didn’t abolish any brands in the merger, and so the company faced a challenge: How to explain to customers, or even to its own employees, what makes all 30 of these brands different from each other. So shortly after the merger, the company produced this cutesy matrix:

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The politics of symbols (Mississippi flag edition)

Laurin Stennis, an artist, has proposed a beautiful new flag for the State of Mississippi. Her design for the State flag is pictured on the left; the State’s existing flag, which dates back to 1894, is pictured on the right. We pray the old flag will be relegated to the dustbin of history soon! (Hat tip:
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Post-modern restroom sign

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Polling blip or historic trend? (Trumpista politics edition)

Say what? Is the apparent anomaly in this recent NPR/PBS poll (see screenshot below) evidence of a historic electoral paradigm shift or just evidence of too small a sample?

Hat tip: Tyler Cowen

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Santa Alexandra?

Our Lady of Ocasio! Hat tip: @Vermeullarmine

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