Last week’s post was critical of Argentina, but had little to say about Buenos Aires itself, which is a magnificent city, if you can pull off the whole ‘making a steady income in dollars’ thing, which most residents can’t. Buenos Aires’ problems are not about its architecture, cuisine, pollution, parks, public transport, or any other quality of life issue, it excels in all of these, but about political, economic, and social forces facing every Argentinian.

****The Menlo Atherton High School newspaper, M-A Chronicle, filed a frivolous copyright claim against this post in attempt to censor the release of the film. Our Fair Use argument was sound and Substack has allowed us to republish this page. However, there were significant damages caused by the paper’s frivolous actions and we may consider legal action to find out exactly who was behind this censorship. Hi all, The unmerited efforts to suppress Killing America continue and I decided this morning that I would release the full 38 minute documentary on all possible online platforms today at 5 PM PST.

Welcome to Story Cauldron! For all of my new subscribers, it’s great to have you here. Here in Story Cauldron, I offer my thoughts about storytelling as well as share some of my fiction. This time around, I’m discussing The Wizard of Oz and its influence on me as a writer, as well as how you can read the Oz books online! What is your first memory of the Wizard of Oz?

David Letterman: I can remember a couple of months ago there was a big breakthrough announcement that on the internet, or on some computer deal, they were going to broadcast a baseball game. You could listen to a baseball game on your computer. And I just thought to myself, does radio ring a bell? (laughter) Bill Gates: There’s a difference. It’s not a huge difference. David Letterman: What is the difference?

You notice that some of the rankings shifts and movements in power rating don’t correspond exactly with intuition based solely on results. The numbers still use some 2022 data, and prior weeks are having their effect sizes decayed, which can cause slight adjustments that look big. When lots of teams are bunched up in the middle and bottom of the NFL, even a marginal change in power rating can move a team 3-6 spots.