Nancy Stabell

@japan_nobunaga Welcome to the South and the SEC where we love and live our teams. Hotty Toddy! And GO Big Orange!

In Alabama a man said "Roll Tide" to me as a greeting. Later that same day, the same man said "Roll Tide" as a goodbye. I asked a woman at the store what it means. She said, "Roll Tide." I asked what it means. She said, "It means Roll Tide, sugar." So I began collecting evidence. I kept a list. I am not embarrassed about the list. I have now heard "Roll Tide" used as: hello. Goodbye. Thank you. I am sorry. Congratulations. That is unfortunate. I agree. I disagree. And once, in a hardware store, as a complete set of instructions for installing a ceiling fan. I heard it said at a funeral. It was appropriate. It was the most appropriate thing anyone said that day. I began using it. Carefully at first, the way a man handles a borrowed sword. I said it to a cashier. She said it back. I said it to a police officer who had stopped me for a broken taillight. He looked at me for a long moment. He looked at my face. He looked at my taillight. Then he said it back, and nodded once, and did not write the ticket. I wish to be extremely clear that I am not claiming those two events are related. I am also not claiming they are unrelated. A man at a gas station heard my accent and asked where I was from. I told him Japan. He said, "Roll Tide." He meant welcome. I knew he meant welcome. There was no ambiguity at all. I have been in Alabama eleven days. I have one word. It has been enough for everything. I have started saying it in other states. It does not work in other states. I said it in a warehouse store in Oregon. One man turned around. He was from Alabama. He said it back. We did not speak after that. We did not have to. I say it anyway.

@muheediva01 325/mo for a 2BR

Be Honest…How much rent were you paying in your very first apartment? I’m tryna see how cheap life used to be.

@Matt_Pinner Beatrice

@thecoraesthetic @Mr_Husky1 Keep in mind that she wouldn’t allow dynamic pricing which would have made it far far worse.

@Mr_Husky1 Gee, call me crazy, but what if she had simply made her concert tickets actually affordable for her teen fans. Color me unimpressed when a billionaire gives away $3,000 - $13,000, and then is applauded for it.

It was a Monday in early August 2023. The exhausted truck drivers of Taylor Swift's Eras Tour thought they were heading to a routine production meeting before the Los Angeles shows. They had no idea what was coming. Scott Swift walked in. Taylor's father didn't say much—he just began handing out envelopes. When the drivers finally peeked inside, some thought the check said $1,000. Others read $10,000. The third driver stared at his and said out loud: "This has to be a joke." It wasn't. $100,000. Each driver. Nearly 50 of them. The industry standard bonus from the biggest stars? $5,000 to $10,000. Taylor had given them more than ten times that. But here's what made it matter most: these drivers weren't wealthy. They lived in truck cabs. They hadn't seen their families in 24 weeks. They were people who would never own homes—until now. Until that envelope. That moment of shock and tears? It was just the beginning. Across the entire Eras Tour, Taylor quietly handed out $197 million in bonuses. The dancers. The band. The riggers. The lighting and sound technicians. The caterers. Every single person who built the show—they got bonuses, handwritten notes, and wax-sealed letters. When dancers opened theirs on camera in her docuseries, they broke down crying. Some couldn't believe she was real. "If the tour grosses more, they get more," she explained simply. These people work hard. They deserve it. But the crew bonuses weren't the only quiet revolution happening. Starting in March 2023, in every city where the tour touched down, a call came to local food banks. Taylor wanted to donate. No press conference. No announcement. No photo op. One donation fed 75,000 meals. Another provided hundreds of thousands of pounds of fresh produce. Across the tour, the total reached millions of meals—possibly more—all delivered in silence. She never posted about a single one. And it wasn't new for her. In March 2020, when the pandemic locked down the world, Taylor scrolled through social media posts from fans who were breaking. A photographer about to lose everything. A person staring down eviction. She sent direct messages with rent money—$3,000 here, $13,000 there. Some fans got enough for months of bills. She read the Washington Post. She noticed the names. She helped. She never announced it. Years later, in October 2025, a two-year-old named Lilah—fighting a cancer so rare that only 58 families in America had ever known it—was filmed by her mother dancing to a Taylor Swift song. Lilah called Taylor her friend. A few days later, the GoFundMe received a $100,000 donation. The note said: "Sending the biggest hug to my friend, Lilah! Love, Taylor." Mike Scherkenbach has worked with the wealthiest people in music. He's seen the bonuses. He's seen the behavior. He's watched billionaires guard their money jealously. What he saw with Taylor was different. The biggest tour in history grossed $2 billion. The artist behind it became a billionaire from her own songwriting. And then she signed her name onto hundreds of envelopes by hand and sent enough money back to the people who built her dream that they cried opening their letters. That isn't strategy. That isn't a publicity stunt. That's what happens when someone, somewhere along the way, remembered what matters.

@ronsterd89 Seam ripper

What is this thing I found in my grandma’s old craft box

@WorkElizab 2

Please help! Dress 1 or 2? Which dress suits my mom the most?

@lady_valor_07 I did! Sh was so creative. I have picture of me sitting on the front porch with her

Did y'all ever get to meet y'all Great Grandma? Seriously tho....I wanna know.

Great article by @NancyStabell The Five Most Common Post-LOI Breakdowns 1. EBITDA Analysis that Doesn’t Hold up 2. Due Diligence Surprises Unrelated to Money 3. Financing Fragility 4. Re-Trades and Deal Fatigue 5. Seller Unpreparedness What Founders Should Do a Year Before Going to Market 1. Restate your financials on a GAAP basis. 2. Make yourself replaceable. 3. Do a comprehensive cleanup of your operations. 4. Vet your assumptions with outside eyes. 5. Build your deal team early. ---- My 2 cents It's wild, but owners won't do the things that will make them the most money and then get frustrated in the end. Next Thursday, I'm going to show owners how to make themselves replaceable....start making the changes you capture millions 90 days at a time rgahub.short.gy/webinar You can read the full article middlemarketgrowth.org/why-middle-mar…

@CrazyVibes_1 Lincoln Logs!

Despite widespread online efforts, no one could figure out what these are. I’m also stumped, and it seems ninety percent of others are too... Who else remembers these as a kid?

@Amelia558rs 2

Help my grandma,I Can't decide 😊

@GoldenAgeUnfold 100O%

What are the chances you'd vote for Michelle Obama for President in 2028? A. 100% B. 50% C. 25% D. 0%

@otokyo 18

I've been to 6, how many have you been to?

@nikeeelitesocks My most favorite sittin’ spot in the world… Hotty toddy!

I needed City Grocery balcony a lot more than it needed me

@StandUpForTrmp E

79 years old and still the hardest working President we have ever had. Simple poll. Please be honest! As of today, how much do you still trust this man? A. 100% B. 75% C. 50% D. 25% E. 0% Everyone better answer this one correctly☝️!!

@GfedGoCrazy 6 am is for unload.

How early should I be at the Grove tomorrow? Do yall really really get going at 6am or is that a big fish story?

@datingbyblaine @heshie I would agree with that take- it is fun and he likes people. I had a client get a deal with him - that can only be explained by the idea that it is fun.

@heshie I shouldn’t speak for Mark, but my impression is that his Shark Tank investments are for fun (i.e. he enjoys helping entrepreneurs grow) and not really about ROI. He may have even shared something about how most lose money 😆

Since ABC re-ran my Shark Tank episode last night… For the first time ever, here’s the story behind: 🦈 My Shark Tank appearance 🤕Why Reddit roasted me to hell for it 💰 My deal with Mark Cuban Heads up, ABC makes you sign an enormous NDA before appearing on the show, so… If this thread vanishes, you’ll know why!

@creditorlaw Truth! We can’t take anyone until after The year end crush is over. People don’t understand that we have a busy season just like CPAs.

New Client, to me: “I have tried calling 16 times in the past 12 hours, can we meet today?” Law firm, when I try to refer a good client to them: “We can talk to them in mid-January”

This video is incredible. Everyone should RETWEET it so the whole *world* sees it.

@KeelHunt Well said as always.

“When Trump loses…” My Sunday column. Trump hijacked the Republican Party. After he is gone, what will the silent remnant of the old Republican Party do next? Will they rouse themselves in the next phase Or is the GOP utterly in ashes now? tennessean.com/story/opinion/…

If y'all think MAGA is in panic mode now, wait until Beyonce and Taylor Swift endorse Kamala Harris.