If inflation has you down (or bloated) think of my column as your temperament Tums: Goldmanstate.com

Pray for Mitch McConnell’s health. If anything were to happen to him, Trump would be President.

Flying taxis with wingspans almost equal to those of pterodactyls? A re-boot of “Game of Thrones?” “Jurassic Park-and-Ride?” We explore it in detail in today’s episode of THE GOLDMAN STATE, my free, thrice-weekly column): goldmanstate.com

01/06/20: Have you ever been trapped, and I mean TRAPPED, in an IKEA store? Don’t blame yourself. Its interior wayfinding system was created by Satan: Learn more at THE GOLDMAN STATE, my free, thrice-weekly column): goldmanstate.com

Because Gary died months ago.

Unless there’s another Gary Pruner other than the wonderful Northern California artist whose works are in my collection, Facebook has him endorsing a cat litter product. Obviously without his consent. Nauseating.

Happy New Year! How’d you spend your Golden 1 $20 million gift, which comes to about $8 a customer? ¡Livin’ la vida loca! Learn more at THE GOLDMAN STATE, my free, thrice-weekly column): goldmanstate.com

Shouldn’t today be something like New Year’s Eve EVE? In my culture, major holidays begin at sunset—meaning the night before that is the eve of the eve. I sort it out in today’s installment of THE GOLDMAN STATE, my free, thrice-weekly column): goldmanstate.com

Hi, Rudy. You're a despicable asshole. But I repeat myself.

12/27/19: Is the man’s business suit dying an unnatural death? Are there palliative measures to consider? I discuss it in my column THE GOLDMAN STATE Friday. Drop by or subscribe (it’s free): goldmanstate.com

I offer some last-minute Christmas gift ideas on Monday. Major surgery gift cards, anyone?goldmanstate.com

What happens when “All in the Family” isn’t a TV show but your daily business? Check out my thoughts on it at: goldmanstate.com/2019/12/20/…

I take on tardiness today in my new California column The Goldman State (to get a free subscription, please head to Goldmanstate.com). The basic idea is that I $&!?+#%}ing hate it. I have a feeling I’m not alone.

California Supreme Court Asked to Decide Whether Dynamex Is Retroactive disq.us/t/3guoyt2

If Starbucks Tsar Howard Schultz runs for and is elected president, we’ll have one who stays awake during briefings.

What a spontaneous move for Mike Pence! He arrived in a limo and left in a huff. I mean, imagine if that had been planned....

A new material is being developed that will make airplane "black boxes" float to the surface. Why not make the planes out of this?

Saudi Arabian women can now drive. Just in time for driverless cars. Is this a forward-looking nation, or what?

Did the blabby attendant on my flight from Long Beach to Sacramento on 9/11 need to remind us it WAS 9/11? Uh, I think we knew, lady.

Have Trump (We’ll defeat the Taliban “handily” in Afghanistan) & Tillerson (“We may not win...but neither will [the Taliban]” ever met?