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Wall Street Journal had a piece about the best way to vacation. I think you and I have major, major beef that may come out here over the best way to have vacations but I

want you to share with the people the advice that the Wall Street Journal

gave given the fact that it's now Memorial Day weekend effectively. And hat tip to Jeff Galak, who wrote this piece for the journal in their travel section.

How to have a great vacation, what science tells us.

So follow the science. what science

is now, is this fauchy science or is this fauchy science or is this real science?

I know I think no that these are all smart things so this is real science not fauchy science.

Okay. I think.

I hope.

So when you're trying to make sure that everybody has a fabulous Memorial Day weekend if you are traveling

based on the science according to the Wall Street Journal.

All right, so there are a couple of core principles here.

We want to share with all of you.

This might be the most important thing

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