It is Friday the 13th. It’s also my wife’s birthday. (Nothing implied, I swear.)
We’re going to spend the afternoon together, starting with getting ice cream for lunch, which is a standard birthday meal in our family. Then we’re going car shopping for the first time in 11 years. When the cost to repair your current car is more than its resale value, it’s time to pick up a monthly car payment again, despite the 6 years of college tuition you still have to pay.
We’re planning to downsize from an 8-passenger SUV to a 5-passenger one. With two kids out of the house, one in college, and one soon to be in college, it’s just me and my wife in the car most days. And if we’re going on a long drive, it’s really just me because my wife falls asleep not long after we hit the road. But I don’t mind; I get to play whatever music I want.
Tonight, I am making dinner for the family: pollo criollo, arroz con frijoles, and because my wife always insists, some kind of green vegetable to go with it.
Then cake, and more ice cream.
With such a sweet ending planned for this Friday the 13th, I better get going.
Here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week:
- Appeals Court Keeps Trump’s Sweeping Tariffs in Place for Now (WSJ – sub. req’d)
- Bessent floats extending tariff pause for countries in ‘good faith’ trade talks (CNBC)
- The Latest Casualty of the Tariff War: Free Shipping (WSJ – sub. req’d)
- Whole Foods warns of shortages after cyberattack at its primary distributor UNFI (TechCrunch)
- Walmart Takes Flight With Drone Delivery Expansion to Five New Cities, Redefining Fast, Flexible Retail
- Kaleris Acquires Locus Software
- project44 Launches Decision Intelligence, Evolving Movement Platform to Help Global Companies Efficiently Automate and Operate Their Supply Chains
- ShipBob Debuts Zone Skipping in the U.S. to Help Merchants Run Leaner, Faster, and More Resilient Supply Chains
- Cargado Expanding into Canada and introducing Cargado Market Rates
- Autonomous Truck Firm Plus to Go Public Via Churchill SPAC (Transport Topics)
- Transportation chief seeks to weaken fuel economy standards, calls Biden-era rule ‘illegal’ (AP)
- Blocked by GOP and Trump, California Pivots in Clean-Air Fight (WSJ – sub. req’d)
I’m on borrowed time this morning, so I’ll share my commentary next week.
Have a meaningful weekend!
Song of the Week: “Brian Wilson” by Barenaked Ladies
