Hitter reading this morning: “No servitude is more disgraceful than that which is self-imposed.” - Seneca Today is the best day to liberate ourselves.

“Things are not that difficult or painful in themselves. Our weakness and cowardice make them so.” - Montaigne

Instead of posting about Trump or Israel or ICE or the collapse of fiat money, I’m going to watch The X Files tonight

Stop worrying about the bullshit for a while. This is one more day you don’t get back.

When pleasures have corrupted both mind and body, nothing seems tolerable - not because the suffering is hard, but because the sufferer is soft. Seneca

This is Izzy. She bites me a little but mostly because she loves me. Also she’s semi insane.

“His gods and demons have not disappeared at all; they have merely got new names”.

“Angels on the sideline Puzzled and amused Why did Father give these humans free will? Now they're all confused Don't these talking monkeys know that Eden has enough to go around? Plenty in this holy garden, silly monkeys Where there's one, you're bound to divide it… Right in two. Angels on the sideline Baffled and confused Father blessed them all with reason And this is what they choose? Monkey killing, monkey killing, monkey over Pieces of the ground Silly monkeys Give them thumbs, they forge a blade And where there's one, they're bound to divide it… Right in two. Right in two.” - Tool (2006)

I’m at a point in my life where I’m realizing I didn’t listen to nearly enough Deftones growing up.

I’m a Bitcoin maxi but I’m having real regret at not following through on buying some Monero this past year as originally planned. True privacy is valuable.