Agent Palmer

Maus is the award-winning graphic novel by Art Spiegelman. It is a “Survivor’s Tale” specifically, Art’s dad, Vladek, and his survival of the Holocaust.

It is also Art’s story of dealing with his father’s history, legacy, and guilt. It is beautifully crafted in both form and function, in the black-and-white panels, text, and spaces in between.

By the numbers, 2025 was not that out of the ordinary.

Fifty-two blogs were posted here, 26 episodes of The Palmer Files were published, and I had seven Proxycast appearances. There were also over 70 other podcasts which I produced across a few shows – The Good Government Show, Leading Iowa, and As Fate Would Have It.

I used to have a massive box of fortune cookies. I “used” to. It’s gone now. 

I didn’t eat them, but I did open them. You see, for a while, when I was single, I would order enough takeout for a few days, especially over a weekend when I planned on doing a project. And when you do that, you get enough fortune cookies for the four people that they think are going to be eating the goods.

Bobs, as I’ve always known them, are people called Bob. It’s how you would call out to them at a party or on the phone.

A few examples to illustrate the point from this list: I would call Bob Dylan Bob, not Robert. The same is true for the late Bob Uecker. These are great examples because both of their legal names are Robert, but that’s not what they go by.