Since a traveling #opera singer has recently been attending my church while in the area and we wish to support him, my lifetime opera attendance has tripled in the last eight days from 1 to 3. Intermission last night...
The astronauts get back from #space today. They went up June 5. How long has it been? Joe Biden was president of the US then. And, he was still actually running for reelection (and would be for another month and a half). The rise and decline of Kamala Harris came and went. Trump won, Trump took office. So many things are very different now. The days of June 5 seem forever ago. Time for them to come home.
Digging through old files, I found this note I wrote to myself from three years ago:
Be the most positive, constructive, kind, and thankful person that you meet today.
I'll honestly try.
Listening to the radio this am (yes, actual radio) a mock Q&A with a financial advisor comes on.
Host: So Trump recently announced a strategic #bitcoin stockpile. The US government has also had other stockpiles. They used to have a cheese stockpile and gave out cheese. And there's a helium stockpile too.
Advisor: On bitcoin, it can be used as a hedge on inflation when it goes up, but realize it can also go down.
Me: Get ready for the, "I wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole..."
Advisor: Between cheese, helium, and bitcoin, I'll take bitcoin.
Me: Wait, what?
Advisor: <goes on to talk about inflation and government spending and DOGE cuts and how government stimulus checks aren't actually the economy stimulated but are just money from nowhere that add to inflation>
Me: Wow, this guy kinda gets it.
He didn't go all orange pilled, he was trying to drum up business, but that sounded like baby steps. When I asked my financial advisor his opinion on bitcoin somewhere around 2017, the response I got was, "...not backed by anything..." and "tulips". Slow progress y'all.
