The Mason Minute

The Mason Minute


Latest Episodes

Enough Money (MM #5329)
October 24, 2025

Can we ever make enough money? This is a rhetorical question. I'm trying to follow this gambling scandal currently unfolding in the NBA. And what confuses me is why millionaires need to make more mone

Relax (MM #5328)
October 23, 2025

I don't know if you have the same problem, but whenever somebody tells you to relax, you automatically tense up. I'm not the most chill person. And just asking me to do it makes things even worse.I a

Hotel Pricing (MM #5327)
October 22, 2025

Are you familiar with the concept of dynamic pricing? Its how airlines, hotels, and even gas stations operate. They determine the price based on market conditions. Availability, or lack thereof, play

Major Outage (MM #5326)
October 21, 2025

If you spent any time online yesterday, you likely found some of your favorite websites down. There was a major outage with AWS, thats Amazon Web Services. And they host much of the content like vide

A Big Month (MM #5325)
October 20, 2025

October is always a special month for my family. It starts on the first with my parents' anniversary and then on the 20th, which of course is today, my father's birthday. This year, it's even bigger t

Grab A Meal (MM #5324)
October 19, 2025

One of my favorite parts of the weekend is enjoying a good meal. Not that we don't eat well at home during the week, but I do love dining out. When we grab a meal, it can be something simple or fancy.

Paper Cuts (MM #5323)
October 18, 2025

I have a decent pain threshold, or I think I do. But theres one pain in general that, while not debilitating, is one of the nastiest and annoying pains. That pain is from paper cuts. Ive had recurri

Lipstick Index (MM #5322)
October 17, 2025

Have you ever heard of the lipstick index? It's a term economists use to gauge whether we're on the way to a recession. They base it on the idea that people buy certain items in advance, in bulk, when

White Light (MM #5321)
October 16, 2025

I talked about this a few months back. Researchers in North Carolina are looking at changing the traffic lights we encounter every day. For as long as Ive been driving, the overwhelming majority of t

The Survey (MM #5320)
October 15, 2025

I know that Gen Z and younger people prefer text messages. Older folks like me, who don't like them, still prefer email. I stopped counting the number of emails I get per day, but it's usually in the