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This post was inspired by both Jon’s post about the Edifi and back-to-school sales.

The idea here is “What if the concept of the Edifi had been applied about 25 years ago?”

There would be no electronic tablets to embrace and extend, so they (the nebulous “they” in this case is the Christian marketplace) would have set their sights on the equivalent: the Trapper Keeper.

Of course, it would be made by a company called “Mead and Persian”.

Just a warning to those of you whose kids are too young to talk: when they do talk, they will remind you of things you said. So please remember your rights.

You have the right to remain silent.
Anything you say can and will be held against you in a subsequent disagreement.
You do not need an attorney – you are the parent.

In other words, don’t promise your children things in order to placate them temporarily. They will remember what you told them and will ask about it later (“But you said we could get the squirt guns after dinner…”). You as a parent should mean what you say.

Mandarin oranges are underrated.

They are popular in the canned-fruit section of the supermarket, but nowhere else.

Why is nothing else mandarin orange flavored?

No popsicles.
No yogurt.
No candy.
No drinks.

I suppose they don’t need to sell juice with the flavor of mandarin oranges, because everyone drinks the syrup that comes with the fruit. The syrup was great, and the new stuff – the fruit juice that they use instead of sugary syrup – tastes just as great. But it’s inconvenient and dangerous to drink from a tin can.

If I were ever to start selling energy drinks – or any sort of drink at all – my first flavor would be mandarin orange.

My second flavor would be cantonese orange.

Transcript:
Female: How do I look?
Male: Stunning!

What is wrong with using words?

I know that international companies can save on printed material by making instructions and warnings in drawings and symbols only, to be language-independent.

But, at some point, the symbols become too cryptic or not detailed enough to communicate to the general public.

Here is what prompted that thought:

I have a guess as to what it might mean, but instructions and warnings should not have the user guessing as to their meanings.

Any idea what this means, other than “be sure to brush your teeth”?

There are some places in the United States that do not have much water of their own. These places have become popular with people, and people in general require water, so those places have tried to get extra water from other places.

In the past, we here in Michigan have resisted attempts by others to take our water. All they wanted to give us was money in exchange for our water. I’m not saying it’s as easy as I make it sound, but we can get money from anywhere. Our water is not worth just money.

I have a counter-proposal: You can take our Great Lakes water, for a fee of course, but you also have to take our mosquitoes and some of our humidity.

I don’t want all of our humidity gone, because completely dry air is bad. We would have to buy a lot more lotion and swamp coolers. But we’ll pipe some humidity and as many mosquitoes as we can over to you. You can’t take all the benefits of water without also taking some of the problems.

Maybe I should add Asian Carp as something you must also take, just as a bargaining chip.

Anything else we should try to trade?

No real post today – it’s too hot.

And there was a holiday this week.

And we’ve been busy at home.

But if you want to read something, go read The Eliot Papers.