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Sara
@ms-theman.bsky.social
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writer. CRE®. autistic af. (she/they)

my words: https://open.substack.com/pub/srrfunfacts

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You've just died.
The sixth pic in your gallery is what killed you.

for me, it was worth it 💯
A gorgeous margarita in a heavy glass with lime and orange slices and a purple flower
November 26, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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In the newsletter, I review my Thanksgiving dinner inflation index - a composite of six common items weighted as a balanced dinner plate with one piece of pie for dessert.

The meal costs 2.3% more vs 2024 and 25% more vs 2019.
Read for free - open.substack.com/pub/srrfunfa...
Cheers! Sara
SRR Consulting Thanksgiving Dinner Composite Price Index line chart anchored at a value of 100 in December 2019
November 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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A caring friend asks, "How's it going?" And, I'm fine. My mom is fine, so I'm fine. It's fine. Just fine... maybe? Probably. Yes. It is fine, for now. When your parents are in their seventies, fine is defined differently. So, yes, my mom's surgery went fine, recovery is going well, and the cancer isn't likely to remain. Also, chunky guacamole at the Patron Grille in Humble, Texas is amazing. Those were tears of joy. Because it's fine.
November 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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post a movie set where you're from
Reality Bites (1994) poster with STEVE ZAHN, WINONA RYDER, JANEANE GAROFALO, and ETHAN HAWKE sitting on a bench in Houston, Texas
November 24, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy.
Image of a fluffy, wolf-ish dog stomping about on its hind legs saying, "Look at me! I'm neurotypical. How's the weather today? Do you enjoy the tags in your shirts, fellow humans? I definitely can't explain the plot of Evangelion. Let's go somewhere loud and bright so we can relax."
November 17, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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good evening 🦋
A crooked picture of a spooky skeleton wearing a black and white prison striped cap and shirt, and leaning out of a faux stone frame. This goofy Halloween decoration is hanging on the wall next to a bottle of Macallan in a San Francisco bar where we had a conference closing event
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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This month, I wrote about the 2026 PwC/ULI Emerging Trends in Real Estate report: what it is, how I was involved, and my take on this year's theme, Navigating the Fog, and top-ranked market, Dallas.

Read for free -
open.substack.com/pub/srrfunfa...
The Beaver Moon shines over the Monserrate Sanctuary in Colombia, November 5, 2025. Image credit: Juancho Torres/Anadolu.
November 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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It did!
Screenshot of New York Times headline that reads "Mamdani Wins NYC Mayor's Race After Highest Turnout in Decades" He has 50.5% of the votes with 85% of votes counted (or nearly 1 million votes) and will be the city's youngest mayor in over a century.
November 5, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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The Spiderman next door received two giant handfuls of candy...
We knew most kids would stay home in Evanston. Today, ICE break-checked a car in Evanston and caused an accident in order to abduct their victims from the car. One ICE pulled a gun on an unarmed resident trying to stop the abduction... but that's just one among many, many atrocities the federal government is perpetrating against its own people in America. The image is me, in a purple hooded velvet robe, and my husband, wearing a potted plant hat - "pot head" - I know. We stayed out for trick-or-treat hours because we neglected to decorate the house and wanted all the kids living around us to know we're here, in case they need us.
November 1, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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Happy Halloween Eve 🎃 🧙‍♀️
#inflation
I had so much fun making this Halloween-themed line chart. The National Retail Federation (or NRF) tracks planned holiday spending with survey data. I pulled the annual Halloween spending plans per person from 2005 to 2025 and charted that with a purple line. Then, I made an inflation-adjusted series based on 2019 dollars and charted it in orange. The gap between these two lines is inflation, essentially. From 2005 to 2019, the gap shows the compounding effects of two percent average annual inflation over fourteen years. It looks like a long wedge steadily narrowing to a point. From 2019 to 2025, the gap shows the compounding effects of four percent average annual inflation over six years. It looks like a short wedge growing wider, and the widest space between the lines is twice as large. Read more in my newsletter, link in bio
October 31, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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"Are you expecting company? Someone very persistent is at the door 🤔"
Image: A hotel room with a small tv and lamp. The beige walls and the window appear to be covered in blood. The caption reads: Caption this with the 2nd to last text you sent
October 27, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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What's the difference between Jim Jones and Donald Trump? Donald Trump would charge you for the Kool-Aid*? *Yes, I know it was a different brand, but the meme says it this way and I can't remember the correct drink mix name and I'm busy... aka very high watching Star Trek.
October 27, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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This week, I wrote about commercial real estate debt. Mostly.
open.substack.com/pub/srrfunfa...
A purple-hued image of a desk next to a window with text that reads, "people in desperate need of a human biology textbook believe the medical device inside my body all day, every day is equivalent to an abortion," which is a quote from my newsletter
October 23, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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women don't like the vehicle
Lowly the RIchard Scarry worm driving their Apple Car
October 16, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Lots to talk about this week #WednesdayWisdom
open.substack.com/pub/srrfunfa...
Wednesday Wisdom 10/8: Midweek reads full of fun facts to contemplate on flying blind into capital controls and Trump's war on cities In Big News, the labor market continues to weaken. I dig in with alternative sources for payroll jobs and layoffs while the BLS is sidelined by the shutdown.
October 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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boo 👻
Spoooky garden ghost sculpture wearing bunny ears
October 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Wondering why the latest #tariffs target products instead of countries?

SCOTUS will hear Trump’s tariff appeal in Nov, but tariffs on specific commodities aren't affected by the outcome. Read more in my 9/17 newsletter:
srrfunfacts.substack.com/p/wednesday-...
Bloomberg table of Trump's statutory authority to impose tariffs beyond the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEA
September 27, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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Im here you fuckaas bitch
Best - a store in my old suburban Houston neighborhood. It is a white brick big-box retail store built to look like it's crumbling from the roof down.
September 26, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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mood.
A stick figure wiping away their tears with a tissue while presenting the middle finger to the world were living in today because omg why won't any elected American leaders fucking stop our descent into dictatorship. Aaaarrggh.
September 20, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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good evening 🦋
Rainbow Brite is smiling and waving at you from beneath a rainbow, stopping along her walk through a rainbow-grassed meadow dotted with orange star trees and red-orange-blue flowers because you must know, "You'll be fine, ho!" We got this. Love, Sara.
September 20, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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'Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has told analysts that people without smart glasses may one day be at a "significant cognitive disadvantage" compared to those who do use the tech'
September 16, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Doctors I trust more than RFK Jr.
Dr. Hackenbush - played by Groucho Marx - is wearing a short-sleeve shirt, tie, and suspenders with a stethoscope in his ears, grinning wildly under a thick mustache and holding a telegram in A Day at the Races
September 7, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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It's nice to have an opportunity to talk to the media about the economy. I'm generally not on the radar, but the handful of reporters who know me from interviews tied to my NABE volunteer efforts know they can count on me for candor in weird times. So, in Jan-2024 & last Fri I talked to the NYT
"The best thing for our economy would be to have some certainty on the cost of goods, because a lot of business decisions are being distorted by tariffs," said Sara Rutledge, an independent economic consultant. "Cutting rates could spur more inflation, and that's my concern."
September 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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hey look, a reason to share this pic 🖤
That's me with short dyed-red hair in a shiny black tank top and middle-finger to the sky, dancing to Shriekback at The Church in Dallas, c.1998 as seen in the documentary, "Dark Sanctuary"
September 1, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Does the US have laws anymore
Bloomberg Politics | Closed Aug 29, 2025 Cook Judge Ends Hearing on Trump Firing With No Ruling - Lisa Cook emergency hearing ends without ruling after more than two hours - Judge parses "for Cause' arguments from both sides - More filings are scheduled for next week ahead of ruling
August 29, 2025 at 5:58 PM