Best Things of 2024

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1. Party machinery. 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. He was one of vBeckwith's 60x margin in his upset victory for the Lt.-Governor nomination. Helen is his VP. Get involved. Alfred Steinberg's The Bosses (1972) is a good "Defense against the Dark Arts" textbook.

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. Go Down Moses, Faulkner,

6. Bluesky, the X competitor.

7. Central Indiana family restaurants: Martinsville's Indy's American restaurant and Sergeant Pepper's for chicken, Lafayette's Las Brazas Number Two tacqueria, and the famous Triple XXX diner in West Lafayette).

8. Fandangos. Soler's Fandango in D, like Boccherini has, but for harpsichord. Scarlatti has a harpsichord fandango 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" Op. 45.

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

Also-Ran: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.Salt and Pepper flavored Pork Rinds. tennessee. Isaiah verse on bag. 41:10.