Best Things of 2024

See also Best Dozen Articles I've Read in 2024.

• 1. Party office. Eric was elected Republican Precinctman, Perry 19, Monroe County, unopposed, and Delegate to the Indiana Republican Convention, one of 7 running where 6 could win. Get involved. It is a good thing. I was one of Micah Beckwith's 60x margin in his amazing victory for the nomination for Lt.-Governor. Helen is Vice-Precinctman. Also, The Bosses book. A how-to book, in part, and also a course in Defense against the Dark Arts.

• 2. Supreme Court amicus briefs. Failure, but good idea. $10,000. "Brief of Amicus Curiae Eric Rasmusen In Support of Respondents in 22-555 and Petitioners in 22-277, NetChoice v. Paxton," United States Supreme Court (2024). The large social media platforms are natural monopolies and common carriers, which should be regulated to forbid discrimination.

• 3. Jewel in the Palace TV series or * Father I'll Take Care of You, Korean TV series.

• 4. Grand Maison Tokyo (11 episode series).

• 5. Faulkner, Go Down Moses.

• 6. Bluesky, the X competitor.

7. Indy's in Martinsville (along with Sergeant Pepper's chicken restaurant) and Las Brazas Number Two tacqueria in Lafayette (as well as Triple XXX in West Lafayette).

• 8. Soler's Fandango in D, like Boccherini has, but for harpsichord. Scarlatti has one too.

• 9 ChatGpT, for Python programming.

• 10. The Dreyfus Affair: The Story of the Most Infamous Miscarriage of Justice in French History. Piers Paul

• 11. Shostakovich movie music. The Return of Maxim.

• 12. Saturday Night Live on the 3 Presidents' Testimony, very very good.

• Cherubini quartets

• A short video of a map on the Korean War. TinyURL.com pdf merger and deleter. smallpdf.com

• Corning Glass Museum. Testifying in the Statehouse.

• Pi, much more intereting than I thought.

• Staying in Chinateown in an AirBnB

• Hung Cao's TV ad for the Virginia Senate race (3 minutes).

• Rainbow Chips and Trader Joe's Russet dark potato chips.

• Material World will be great, I bet.

• Salt and Pepper flavored Pork Rinds. tennessee. Isaiah verse on bag. 41:10.