Gentleman Speculator pod is BACK. I chat again w/ Crossroad Capital's Ryan O'Connor @AboveAvgOdds, brilliant PM, raconteur, fan of The Replacements. We dive into his contrarian Nintendo thesis, the Switch 2, & the deep work required to develop a unique perspective on an idea in.

Walking through Kansas City’s best park. There’s a lot to admire. It’s beautiful and bustling with families, walkers, and joggers. In the heart of the city next to multi million dollar Tudor style homes and an elite prep school. It also reeks of weed, garbage everywhere, some.

Join millions who have switched to Grok.

I took no Peter Thiel money to write The Adventures of Leo & Henry.

Wonder what would happen if more younger men with energy/ideas would connect with local older men with capital/wisdom/influence to make an impact in your town. @PaleoGOP .@Will_Tanner_1 .

As a man, I need to build a treehouse for my boys.

You can just be a cracker who leans on a barrel.

I don’t know anything, but the ai tutor thing still seems like a slightly better version of the very failed EdTech experiment. Meanwhile, the latest report I received out of St. Martin’s Boys Academy in Kansas is there is a new merit badge. To earn the badge, a student needs to

RT @andyflattery: @iBobbyShell Elon maniacally works insane hours except when it’s time to play video games and ogle anime girls. Buffett l….

An unexpected gift showed up at my office today. An anonymous benefactor has sent me this book - LIFE BEGINS AT SEVENTEEN: A Streamlined Inventory. Appears to be a BOYS BOOK, from what I can tell published by actual young Kansas men in 1941. Pure Americana. Whoever did this,

RT @andyflattery: @Babygravy9 Give a nod to the ending of Master and Commander here.

The most munificent people I know are the adult children of wealthy people.

Robert Noyce weeps

With Cracker Barrel ceding ground in the based breakfast race, Kansas City greasy diners are ready to pounce. No decision-by-committee, no public ownership, no marketing departments. It’s been the same menu for 80 years and it’s cash only.

Describing a woman as ‘petite’ or ‘vivacious,’ don’t see that much anymore.

Cracker Barrel Nationalist.

Reject modernity. Embrace tradition.

You would think there would be more soft serve ice cream stand nostalgia posting on X

UP! is a top 3 Indiana Jones movie.