The new therapy for pancreatic cancer

This is a very big deal and has been widely publicized. I have friends who died too soon from pancreatic cancer. Below is the editorial from the Wall Street Journal which I’ve excerpted from. The FDA approves a new therapy against one of the deadliest cancers. Oncologists herald the small-molecule pill as a revolution in … Read more

Friday cocktail – The White Lady

This cocktail is basically a Sidecar but substitutes gin for cognac. So if you like gin… Most recipes suggest an egg white as optional but we don’t do egg white in Farandaville so the video is one of the few without the egg white. And many videos recommend a small bit of simple syrup but … Read more

Drukenmiller takes on Scott Bessent

Stanley Druckenmiller is an investment titan – 30 years with never a down year in the market. The op ed is in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal and he is criticizing a certain action the Treasury is expanding, to try and regulate interest rates. I’ve excerpted some of it. Deuckenmiller’s sensible answers to our problem at … Read more

Dolly Parton

Gone at 80 years old. From the NY Times https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/arts/music/dolly-parton-dead.html?campaign_id=60&emc=edit_na_20260825&instance_id=180914&nl=breaking-news&regi_id=87616590&segment_id=225389&user_id=1c634a87d1656cc79c8753416632bbac Dolly Parton, the country singer, songwriter, entertainer and entrepreneur whose rags-to-riches story, outsize persona and prodigious vision and talent placed her in a class by herself, died on Tuesday in Nashville. She was 80. The death was announced in a video posted on social media … Read more