Saturday grab-bag

● This post is more than a year old, yet it was somehow only this week that I came across the anti-loneliness ramen bowl:

Photo: MisoSoupDesign via CNET

● Toys are getting cheaper, necessities are getting more expensive. With this remarkable graphic (HT Brandon): 

● How to immiserate workers, trucking edition.

Video of the week:  In light of my post about Maria von Trapp this week, this seems appropriate.