Systems change isn’t just about breaking down barriers, it is also about putting up an impenetrable defense to protect you from the system, rendering it obsolete. #bitcoin is the impenetrable defense.

Finches loving this seed mix. #birdstr

Jack trying hard to be photogenic #dogstr

Red House Finch #birdstr

Life, despite my best efforts, has not allowed me to be anything other than myself. A bittersweet gift to be sure.

One of my son’s buddies from the neighborhood came over the other day and he isn’t here more than 10 minutes before he earnestly asks me if Santa is real. Kid is like 9. Like, damn, what do I do with that?

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Channel surfing continues to reach all-time lows; while passive attentive watching continues at all-time highs.

There is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship. And the compelling reason for maybe choosing some sort of god or spiritual-type thing to worship–be it JC or Allah, be it YHWH or the Wiccan Mother Goddess, or the Four Noble Truths, or some inviolable set of ethical principles–is that pretty much anything else you worship will eat you alive. Davis Foster Wallace This is Water

Bad people aren’t going to get us out of a bad situation. Good people need to step up now more than ever.