Absolutely nothing has transpired over the past sixteen hours that leads me to offer a single new market insight or idea, so I’m going to just gen up a comment cleaner by way of an anecdote.
I first met, and shook hands with, the fabled Elon Musk back in 2000, long before anyone knew who he was. He had a little office on University Avenue, and he had started x.com, an online bank. I went there to see him and see if he’d have any interest in charts on his bank’s site. (Incidentally, the bank never went anywhere, but it did pivot into this thing called Paypal).
I was reminded of this by the worldwide news this morning of him having another child. So a trio of peculiarities here. First, the girlfriend with whom he had this baby is decades younger than him and, let’s face it, a little different.
Second, this is Musk’s 6th child, and all 6 are boys! If I’m doing my stats right, the likelihood of six boys in a row is about 1.5%. So clearly Elon’s got something going on with the ol’ reproductive juices.
Third, and strangest of all, is the name they chose for the little fellow. His name is: X Æ A-12 Musk
No, I’m not having trouble with my keyboard. That’s the kid’s legal name. Perhaps he’ll just go by Æ as a nickname. All the same, let’s be glad for his sake that he’ll be surrounded by bodyguards at school before anyone teases him.
In any case, congrats to the odd but interesting couple, and I’m sure we’d all shout a rousing huzzah of, “Welcome to life, X Æ A-12!” if we could get some guidance on how to pronounce it.
