Thanks for taking a break from a record day of Cyber Monday shopping, where total purchases should hit a new high of $11.2 billion. This follows a new record of $9.1 billion on Black Friday.

Wednesday the 7th of September is a big day for iPhone fans and other Apple faithful as leaks about the iPhone 14 reveal some, but not all, of the new hardware and software details.

Whether you believe cryptocurrency is the future of all exchange or snake oil from the past in modern guise, the IRS wants a cut.

It appears 2022 is still front-loaded with aggravations. This week, it’s the temperature roller coaster for the Midwest and Northeast. Monday is cold, Tuesday is much colder, then Wednesday we bounce back to normal or above. Remember that “weather knee” your grandfather had?

One resource that continues to grow and multiply is billionaires with “interesting” ideas. Go to space, like Bezos, Branson, and Musk? Old hat. Own a basketball team? Go, Steve-o. Floating city? Peter Thiel is outside your jurisdiction. Build a $400 billion city in the desert?

August already? Gee, summer seemed less fun than usual this year, so spend the time you have remaining before Labor Day making memories with your tribe while you can.

There’s a new competition among billionaires, more expensive than the largest yacht contest that was so 2010s. Now they’re challenging each other to see who can get highest. No, not in their custom, air-conditioned tents at Burning Man, but into space.

Officially, summer starts this year on June 20 at 11:32 p.m. EDT, but the child in all of us remembers that Memorial Day is the holiday around when school stops, and that starts summer.

Football fans are busy cheering or crying over their team’s picks in the NFL Draft Day extravaganza last Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.

If it’s on 60 Minutes, we must believe it, right? If so, get ready, because predictions for the next two years all trend up, way up, like seven percent growth.