I of course celebrate St. Patrick's Day, for, after all, how many have a day named after you?  Here is what I will eat and imbibe for my major meal today. I've had numerous postings of this day, and  here is one :  Everything You Need to Know about St. Patrick's Day. You ask, why is St. Patrick's Day observed in America, and  the answer  goes back to when the Irish people came here to help found Boston and New York City.  The first parade was held in Manhattan in 1762.  In the early days of Ireland, Celtic charms of four-leaf clovers offered magical protection.  Did you know that four leaves are really rare?   Only ONE in 10,000 . Did you know that the political leaders of both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland make an annual pilgrimage to Washington, D.C. on March 17?  This has happened for a century or so because the USA has had a positive influence over the politics of Ireland since the split occurred.   Here is Biden making remarks today . If you regularl

All of the  cable streaming channels  are charging more and more, or asking you to pay a premium if you don't want to watch commercials.  They are also cracking down on password sharing.   But today I will focus on Netflix, which began in 1997 as a DVD-by-mail movie rental service.   Silicon Valley carpoolers, Marc Randolph and Reed Hastings, with Patty McCord also in the car, admired Amazon and their large category of items selling on the internet.   During those days, VHS was the dominant mode, but they heard that DVDs, smaller, less delicate and cheaper, were coming, so they took this path. Jeff Bezos of Amazon initially offered to acquire Netflix, but Randolph and Hastings persevered, changing from from cost/rental to a monthly subscription for unlimited rentals without due dates or shipping. Then came the dot.com bubble, hurting their company, so they tried to sell Netflix to Blockbuster, which did not think much of those prospects. Patty McCord was also involved, and  here sh