Thanks for this.
GM Nostr!
Thursday. Days are zipping by.
Up a bit early due to a dentist appointment.
Did you sell anything yesterday? I did.
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Wednesday, already.
Crazy Market day.
The legs don't hurt as much, right now. I've been busy with work and have ignored trying to figure out what to do next.
GM Nostr
No one seems to think Trump is picking up pennies in front the train.
Remind me how much we will make or save in tariffs? Meanwhile the markets are down $12Trillion.
So:
1) GenX and Boomers that have saved are voting Democrat forever
2) Other countries see our polarization and won't give permanent weight to our decisions.
Tuesday.
Retirement savings down another 5%.
Did get a little lucky that one of my covered calls on MSTR got called Friday.
Bought some back 16% cheaper, today. Yay.
Here's my take.
Trump, Bessent, Lutnick, et al are walking the market down. They are short and in bonds. Trump is going full dictator, at Elon's urging, because Elon wants Dark MAGA to lead a new corporate governance state. That's means they don't want a middle class, just Oligarchs and the masses.
The only rationale for these moves is of you think you can win the next election or you think you won't need to. The former is not happening after this week, that means either the fix is in and the system is rigged or we won't even get to vote.
I won't be here. So, the fight is up to you.
Personally, I think citizens should interrupt Trump's $92 million birthday parade.
Monday.
Busy damn day for a guy that's dying.
We rehearsed what the team will say to the users and project funders when we say we have to stop and refactor the data access layer. I'm not even project management, just the data architect trying to provide guidance and experience.
Visited my MIL in the hospital. She was alert and trying to eat - both positive. The walk in and out of the hospital was so embarrassing. I just can't walk normally. I'm slow and take small, awkard steps.
I guess I'll get in touch with the doc I saw at the Cleveland Clinic two years ago when I was at a much earlier party of this stage. I think that the change in mobility will change his thinking.
That anyone trusts him at all bewilders me. Lifelong conman and people think he's the next messiah. 🤦🏼
Black Monday? No. Black April.
I see no bottom, right now.
Luckily, I had a covered call pull some MSTR on Friday.
Doplar didn't show anything.
MIL is now in the hospital CCU.
Son is back off to college and I bought his plan ticket for his Engineering summer abroad in Italy yesterday.
I'm happy to see it all. Not happy about all these things but happy to be here.
Nasdaq off 25% from highs.
Bitcoin? 25-30ish% right?
That's a win. IYKYK
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GM Nostr it's Sunday!
On tap for today:
1) Coffee ☕
2) Bump my scheduled emails and videos another week into the future 📩
3) See my son before he heads back to college 🎓
4) Visit MIL in the hospital🏥
5) Bake chocolate chocolate chip cookies🍪
Pretty full day for a guy with an undiagnosed terminal iatrogenic condition that fundamentally changes the way the body produces and consumes ATP.
Here is my son dressed up for his GF's senior prom last night.
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Almost forgot! That's how my streaks inevitably die.
Made it out to Karaoke tonight. It was about double the normal crowd. I sang Turn The Page (Seger) and One Last Breath (Creed).
I'm not horrible. My YouTube has a few songs I recorded one day for posterity.
I got out to take pictures of my son all dressed up to take his girlfriend to her senior prom. He's a CS major at OU. I've left him a lot of emails scheduled in the future.
Saturday.
My MIL is dying of lung cancer. It's hot her so quickly over the last six months. My medical condition is so different. Still terminal, but just slow.
The candidiasis is taking advantage of an immune deficiency caused by the pituitary being in a state of overdrive. As a result, it doesn't attack cells from the outside. It gets inside the cell and apoptifies out by running the Na/K pump in reverse.
In this way, the candidiasis min/maxes and consumes every bit of ATP it possibly can, maximizing energy consumption and thus it's own life.
Doplar complete.
Legs have really hurt, today.
But I win again, this week.
Tough one.
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Friday. GM Nostr and the 82k gang.
My son is coming into town from college for his girlfriend's senior prom. I just paid past two of his summer abroad fee. I'm very happy he has the opportunity.
Doplar test tonight. Then dinner? We'll see what happens but that's the tentative plan.
Here is a picture of what happens when one dog is in your lap under a blanket and the OTHER dog thinks they hear something at the door and barks. He jumped up so fast he was wearing my blanket like a robe.
Thursday. I just sat down in my recliner for the evening. Portfolio down a nice car in one day. Thanks Trump. Trust me when I say he's grifting this whole thing making a mint.
Tomorrow, I have the doplar test on my legs. I'm not sure if it will show the lack of circulation that I know exists. If I had to say, I would guess it will. I'm honestly not even sure what that would mean except more doctor visits. In the case it doesn't show anything, then I'll just have less tests in my immediate future.
These are my dogs. I wouldn't have made it this far without Oscar, the big guy in the back. He's 11 or 12 (rescue) . Auggie is almost 4.
GM Nostr. Wordle took four, today.
Legs are stiff, heavy, and ache while my arms burn some. Fairly normal for these last couple weeks.
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