Baffling Cyclops

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Howdy! We’re back in the saddle this week with a couple of interesting topics. Pepper talks about retail arbitrage and Rae Dunn pottery based on this…
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Howdy! Stop the presses! The crows brought us a present! Those clever birds brought us a nut in exchange for peanuts. They left this little red nut…
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Howdy! NextDoor and Facebook are in constant competition to be my least favorite social network. Our local NextDoor is a kind of empathy-Olympics with…
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Howdy! The big news near our house is this jerk of a robin that seems to have a huge problem. At first, we thought it was protecting a nest when it…
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Howdy! As we enter the holiday season we do not have visions of sugar plums in our heads. Instead, Pepper is dreaming of a tiny flocked Christmas tree…
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Howdy! Why would you bother to put fake tuna on a Subway sandwich? What is cheaper than fake tuna? Wouldn’t you be able to charge more for fake tuna…
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Howdy! This week, inspired by an article from The Hustle, we talked about the economics of dollar stores. How much money can you make selling items for…
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Howdy! Being “internet famous” meant something completely different in the mid-2000s. For one thing, you rarely got rich from it. In this week’s…
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Howdy! At the end of this email, I’ve linked to an Amber Ruffin video called “Catatonic” that describes how Pepper and I spent most of our time this…
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Howdy! This week Pepper cleaned our garbage disposal with ice. Thank goodness it was already pretty clean! Then, based on this Harper’s article, we…
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Howdy! Sometimes, the internet makes something look so tempting you have to buy it. This episode is packed with Pepper-approved (and unapproved…
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Howdy! It’s no secret that we love watching the George the Monkey open packages, but Pepper is also fascinated by his diaper. So, she did a deep dive…
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