So, first I need to explain to you the Alice Trillin Law of Compensatory Cash Flow. This was a financial "um, principle" discovered by the late and much-missed Alice Trillin—author, teacher, educational TV luminary, and least of all, wife of journalist/food maven Calvin Trillin. Calvin would tease her about this "Law" in his food essays.

Basically, the ATLOCCF is something like "unexpectedly unspent money is equivalent to revenue." For example, if you were seriously thinking about buying a $6,000 television and suddenly you decide not to... bingo, you just made $6,000!

Well, I went to get my prescriptions filled at Walgreens, and my insurance app hasn't gone through yet, so I was about to pay ~$200 for a 3-month supply... but the pharmacist took pity on me, did some bureaucratic magic, and got 'em down to around $50.

So yeah, you remember that sushi order I was sensible enough not to make last night?

Yeah. Trillin's Law. It's just good sense. Basic math, really. A sound investment in the fish market. 🐯​