My friend stepped on a nail today, so we went to the hospital to get him a tetanus shot, and we’re in a part of outer Cairo at the time.

I usually think of things in “1990s movie” terms, so if you picture it, this hospital was basically where Antonio Banderas would go after he got shot in Desperado.

Like we wandered up to the hospital in the desert, it looks barely occupied, various street dogs barking outside, and it’s unclear where the main entrance is since it kind of looks like a loading dock on all sides to begin with. There was a blind guy sitting at a desk under an umbrella out front so we asked him if that’s the right way, he said “aye”, so we wandered into some dark hallway that eventually emerged into the hospital proper.

No air conditioning despite being 111 degrees outside, everyone is sweaty, the doors are all open for decent ventilation, and the manager has stacks of papers cartoonishly piled up to the ceiling in his office.

A nurse comes out, looks at the wound, says he sees this all the time, gives him the tetanus shot, and says to come back in a month for a second shot. Friend plops a small wad of cash down on the counter. We’re out in five minutes.

I have been around #Bitcoin since 2011, but had always choosen to remain pseudo-anon online and was somewhat conscious about connecting Bitcoin to my real life identity. Only one month ago I had never met any other actual bitcoiners in meatspace (in part due to living most of my life either traveling or off-grid).

Since starting @SweetSats, I have not only had the pleasure of sending out packages to tons of bitcoiners all over the world– Even better, being essentially doxxed now means I got to meet three different local #bitcoiners around my rural area based only on a mutual interest in Bitcoin! 🤯

HAVING KIDS IS THE BEST WAY TO STAY HUMBLE🫂

Also, at some point, post the etf approval and launch which should close the GBTC discount, I’ll probably buy spot Bitcoin. This is all in my Roth, so I’ve got to roll it over to some place that will let me do that like unchained. And for various other reasons, I wasn’t able to do so.

Also, I’m not too worried about counterparty risk or seizure of bitcoin by the government in the immediate future. So, I wanted to trade my way into more bitcoin than I would otherwise have. But I do think both are real risks in the medium to long term.