Wrote the other day, after its market cap pushed past $19bn, that 19 was also Dave Rhigetti’s number with the Yankees.

Those four and five years started at smaller schools and don’t play in the NBA. Walter Clayton being an exception and where’d he spend his two first years? In New Rochelle playing in front of 1200 fans

The collapse of college basketball has also hurt. By no longer spending two, three or four years developing storylines, players enter the association as complete unknowns. The trajectory of this, if you can believe it, is actually getting worse. College Baseball is now the better product.

“What does it take to get a 15 around here?” Cruiser

This doubles as the explanation for why consumer spending headlines can be good at the same time that survey data is lousy. Top 15% carrying the former while bottom 60% killing the latter.

3 Days of the Condor turns 50 today.

Likely UCLA’s only win this fall.

Bought Siebel 20 yrs ago today.

All now caught in tax-loss dragnet. See you in November

First concert … 2/14/82 Pretenders @ UCLA, joined by Eddie Van Halen

While you’re in that corner of the universe, you might as well kick “exponential” in the teeth because that has word been deeply corrupted over the years.

Stayed at this hotel one night last Summer. It’s basically a gathering depot for the cruise industry. Jim and Barb from Muncie now having a laugh on the Lido Deck showing off Rubio’s briefing book to other cruisers.

And risk getting a second request from the FTC on the GMS deal? Nope.

That would create a fund that is $1bn overfunded.