{"id":89120,"date":"2025-01-01T02:13:13","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T02:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/01\/200pm-water-cooler-new-years-eve-2024\/"},"modified":"2025-01-01T02:13:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-01T02:13:13","slug":"200pm-water-cooler-new-years-eve-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/01\/200pm-water-cooler-new-years-eve-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"2:00PM Water Cooler New Year&#8217;s Eve 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em><strong>By Lambert Strether of Corrente.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Dear Readers, I am filling the fireworks with gunpowder in preparation for the evening\u2019s festivities, so this is an open thread. Talk amongst yourselves, and the happiest of Happy New Years to you all. \u2013lambert<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Bird Song of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/430105131\/embed\" height=\"300\" width=\"640\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Northern Mockingbird, Rochester Park\u2013Texas Buckeye Trail, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/hiroshige.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"899\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-284835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/hiroshige.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/hiroshige-200x300.jpeg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Utagawa Hiroshige, Fireworks at Ry\u014dgoku Bridge, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact information for plants<\/strong>: Readers, feel free to contact me at lambert [UNDERSCORE] strether [DOT] corrente [AT] yahoo [DOT] com, to (a) find out how to send me a check if you are allergic to PayPal and (b) to find out how to send me images of plants. Vegetables are fine! Fungi, lichen, and coral are deemed to be honorary plants! If you want your handle to appear as a credit, please place it at the start of your mail in parentheses: (thus). Otherwise, I will anonymize by using your initials. See the previous Water Cooler (with plant) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/12\/200pm-water-cooler-12-26-2024.html\">here<\/a>. From TF:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20240831_203022.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-284837\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20240831_203022.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20240831_203022-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>TF writes: \u201cThank you for your thoughtful writing. You identified lichen as an honorary plant, so I thought you might like to see it under UV.  From the wilds of Montana where I reside \u2013 it is truly a Last Best Place. We have so many stellar outdoor opportunities in our state \u2013 give a shout if you ever get out here!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"donate\"\/><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Water Cooler is a standalone entity <em>not<\/em> covered by the annual NC fundraiser. Material here is Lambert\u2019s, and does not express the views of the Naked Capitalism site. If you see a link you especially like, or an item you wouldn\u2019t see anywhere else, please do not hesitate to express your appreciation in tangible form. Remember, a tip jar is for tipping! <em>Regular positive feedback both makes me feel good and lets me know I\u2019m on the right track with coverage<\/em>. When I get no donations for three or four days I get worried. More tangibly, a constant trickle of donations helps me with expenses, and I factor in that trickle when setting fundraising goals:<\/p>\n<p>Here is the screen that will appear, which I have helpfully annotated:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-226891\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/contribution.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"606\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/contribution.png 606w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/contribution-300x190.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 606px) 100vw, 606px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>If you hate PayPal, you can email me at lambert [UNDERSCORE] strether [DOT] corrente [AT] yahoo [DOT] com, and I will give you directions on how to send a check. 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