lil -What's life like post spousal unit?
_refugee_ - You still painting? Let's see one?
mike - How is the viking math camp coming along?
b_b - How is married life? Still can't believe you took the plunge. Though, as someone that has met your wife... I can see why.
ecib - You still roasting coffee?
cgod - How is the coffee shop?
kleinbl00 - Life not in LA, the new business, the kid. -How goes it?
insomniasexx and randomuser -How are the wedding plans coming along? Insom - any regrets about leaving your day job to pursue your own thing? What has been the greatest change? The most difficult?
forwardslash - how is that project you were working on coming along?
rob05c - how is the new gig? Is this the first time you've been this engaged politically?
cW - You still planning to buy an AirStream and travel?
BLOB_CASTLE - a few years back you entertained dropping out of college but you resolved to stay and finish. Was it the right choice? How are things in Portland?
veen - Any travel plans for 2016?
elizabeth - Is it hard traveling with someone, even if they're your boyfriend, for such a long stretch? I think I'd want some "space" after a while. Do you guys spend days solo while traveling?
tacocat - Any new works of art to share?
nowaypablo - You a General yet? How is the piano playing going?
theadvancedapes - What are you doing these days? Haven't heard from you in a while.
StJohn - You been writing?
OftenBen - you and ref ever create that music project?
galen - How is the drumming going?
wasoxygen - Remember when you signed an NDA to help us with our bitcoin business? -I just found an old business card of mine for coinamp. Those were fun times. You working on any side projects these days?
humanodon - You still taking photos of people at Fenway? You been writing?
steve - What side projects are you working on? .....Have you put any more thought in to our top-secret Hubski project?
mk - #meethubski deserves its own page/link. -I have one in the works...
ghostoffuffle and T-Dog - I miss making music with you two. You guys have any new work to share? I'm a fan.
flagamuffin - Where you living these days? How are you? I'd like to meet you in person some day.
How am I?
I'm good. Thanks for asking. I'm working a lot. Too much. It's actually unhealthy, probably. My brother turned me on to trying modafinil to help with productivity etc. I tried it for a while and I have to admit, it was pretty amazing. But... there's no way it could be that great and not have consequences. Turns out, it did. I got mouth sores and a rash on my body. My body was rejecting it and had a strong immune response. I immediately stopped taking it and over the course of a week it abated. It was awful. I'm an idiot. Before you accost me, let me repeat.... I AM AN IDIOT.
I'm enough. I am a very hi-functioning person without any added drugs. I don't need them. SO DUMB.
Anyways, since then I have taken up meditation and I am trying to be healthier overall. I had a nice conversation with mk about meditation and he essentially said people need to be holistically healthy. I'm not.
I'm starting to feel my age. It's an odd thing. My lack of caring for myself physically is ironic considering the business I'm creating.
The business I'm creating...
I'm pretty damned excited about what I'm working on. We've assembled an amazing team. We have an amazing product and what we are doing could sincerely have a tremendous impact on peoples lives. I'm very proud of what we are accomplishing.
It looks like we will have our first paying customer in the coming weeks. Pretty amazing stuff. I can't tell you how much work has gone in to this. Those that have started their own businesses will know what I mean.
We are close to being able to announce here what it is we've accomplished. It's pretty cool.
My family is good. My wife is approaching the end of her residency, my kids are healthy and awesome and we are considering making a third baby. Hard to believe, but our thought is this; twenty years from now will we regret not having had more? It will be tough for a few years, but eventually I think the positives will outweigh the negatives. In short, the ROI is there. I love being a dad, my wife is an awesome mother... why not.
Ethereum: I'm pretty bullish on this whole ETH thing. IT's been a nice way for my wife and I to connect over something. We are both drinking the ETH koolaid.
Anyways... life is good. I'd love to hear from you. I realize that much of what you share has likely been shared over time in #pubski's or in random posts, but because of my business endeavors, I've not been as active as I'd like.
I miss you all.
Your friend,
-Steve
I haven't gotten any further on my cat painting. However, I am trying to sketch every day for at least 10 minutes, so I am still acting. Here are some of my recent doodles. Thanks for asking. I like to share! I'm afraid I'm a little too hungry and tired to go into an honest answer of "how I am," but if I recover, I'll respond to myself later with stuff. This winter was a hard one. It was not pretty psychologically. I did write a short piece trying to capture it just the other day but honestly, it's too grimy and dark for me to even want to share. The bright side is that spring is coming and my attitude is pulling through. Plus, sobriety is actually pretty great. Can anyone get all three of 'em? I feel like the 1st is the least-good.
You should draw Bernie. I bet he'd be fun to sketch.
The last 2 are staged portraits of presidents, whereas the first I sketched off a screen grab while I was binge-watching a certain series...so what you perceive makes a certain amount of sense. It interests me how "flat" presidential portraits were in the 90s and before, btw. Like, sure there was smoothing-over and professional make up and so on, but Photoshop and the like, I guess the growth of our photography culture (thanks, smart phones) has definitely made an impact on style and "good photography" since then. Compare a google of Clinton and Obama photos. One of the most popular Obama images is his troll grin. Clinton, you get these flat, washed-out, posed, formal officious images. It's really, really interesting. The first one was also more difficult to sketch because it was from a "dark" series and usually, in film and media, if something is dark there's a big deal made of what angles people are shot at and such so as to visually display the darkness - which basically means a shit ton of shadows are thrown around everywhere. Or people's faces are deliberately half illuminated, half shadow (as with my sketch). As an amateur sketch-er, I run the risk of obliterating a lot of my work if I go too ham with the shadow.
Kevin Spacey, Richard Nixon, Bill Clinton? Nice work btw. I agree with ecib's assessment.
I am good. Yesterday was my birthday. I started a new painting. I am sticking with the 'buildings in the UP of MI' with this one. There is some graffiti on the building that reads: EaT light WiTh Beef. I have no idea. The new venture is quickly gaining momentum, and the reality of meeting my obligations at work and new ones that are materializing is a bit daunting. I'm trying to keep a big picture mindset at the moment.
Dude! Happy belated. Very glad you were born. The painting looks great so far, what an odd piece of graffiti. Regarding the big picture -I'm right there with you. I'm currently on a conference call, on Hubski and just emailed a strategic partner for my business. All at once. One of these things must go and it's not Hubski :) I have a day job phone and a phone for everything else. I look forward to the day when I have just one phone. -by choice. We are getting there...
It was a safe email. Where to get lunch on Wednesday. -time to expand to NC!
Hi tng. Thanks for the shoutout. Note: mkI have not been getting shoutouts in my email. Note how the phrase "spousal unit" which I believe I introduced to the 'ski seems to persist. So the ex-spousal-unit phoned me in Vancouver (except he didn't know I was in Vancouver) to ask me why my email was bouncing back. Last Tuesday there was a big storm in the east and my flight had been cancelled. I said, "Maybe the storm brought Rogers down. " [Rogers is the Comcast of Canada] "Rogers?" he said. "I just cancelled our account with them." JEEEEZZZUUZZZ f'g no. My email account of ten years wiped out. When I called they said, sorry, no, too bad, FOAD. So I've been trying to send change of email all over -- but the dead account lurks everywhere. I ordered some theatre tickets and they sent the tickets to the dead email, leading to a long text tech support time with Cineplex. They were pretty great, mind you. What this is going to mean, I know not -- but if someone really wants to find me, I imagine they can. FIND ME!! I changed my hubski account to the new email twice and I am still not getting shoutouts.
Tulum is one of the best places I've been. I spent a wonderful week there. I read StJohn's book Radium Baby there. Tulum is the best. Where will you be staying?
Isn't it? I'd like to stay right on the beach, kinda close to this place :) http://www.hartwoodtulum.com/about/ Also one of the best places I've been. Had a magical time there. We were actually staying in Playa and realized our error after taking the bus down for the day...this time we'll be skipping Playa and continuing South. Don't get me wrong, Playa was amazing, but it couldn't hold a candle.
I'll ask J where we stayed. It was awesome. Private bungalow on the ocean. Quiet and friendly. Really a special place. Great drinks!!
Awesome. Definitely interested. Any bungalow on the beach I'm sure will be great, but it's always a bit of a leap of faith what you're getting exactly, so to have a place personally vetted is quite nice. Your description is EXACTLY what we're looking for.
Thanks tng. Your memory of the lives behind each username is inspiring. And I can't wait to hear about your business. I'm all over the place. Still very hungry to find something more full-time that activates me. Something that I love doing. I'm still depressive. But I'm playing soccer weekly. I'm coaching one hell of a group of young bucks at my high school in the fine game of lacrosse. I'm exerting astonishing control over not going out and drinking. Not to mention my diet and exercise. I'm saving money (the pittance I make). I'm eliminating distractions from my phone, my surroundings, my life. I'm trying to surround myself with excellent things, even though that's really hard. And I'm also trying to not complain when things seem tough. I'm trying to lean into the pain, to let it wash through and behind me, the litany against fear and all that shit. Also. My mother had my sister and I when she was kinda young. My father younger. She was 25 and he 20 when I was born. My little sister came two and a half years later. Growing up was tough but my childhood is full of cherished moments, and the bad things that happened to me only wound up making me stronger. My mom has said on occasion that even though it didn't seem feasible at the time, she wishes she had more. I feel that. Take that for what it's worth.
Dude, you sound like you're doing pretty A-okay to me. Lots of Sicilians there. (That was supposed to be discipline but autocorrect was too funny to remove) My mom was 18 when I was born, my dad was 20. I would have rather they were 36 and 38. Having kids is serious shit and kids ought not to be parents. They did an okay job for teenagers. It wasn't till I was a parent myself that I realized how much had been lacking. I take this stuff very seriously. Everyone should.
Man I'd never heard about the mouth sores from modafinil intolerance. I have to admit that's put a bit of a damper on my own enthusiasm for trying it out. I have the lyrics and chords plotted out for that little number that _refugee_ wrote, but because of a combination of nerves/lack of good mic/life it hasn't been recorded. But, last weeks craziness with the fam aside, I'm doing pretty good. Still kind of on the fence about the appropriateness of grad school at this point in my career though. It's kind of hard to commit to stay in one place for a few years when I theoretically have the ability to drastically relocate for work. At this point it's actually not inconceivable that I could find a job with a clinical research team in England, Italy or a few other places. My boss and my institution in general are held in high esteem, and that gives me quite a bit of professional momentum. Maybe I'm focusing on work stuff too much. I'm going to be in NYC for a few days this summer, maybe nowaypablo and I will catch a show while I'm around, if he's not already off to West Point.
Ah, I will be very much at West Point. But I just bought my tickets to Governor's Ball in June, if you or anyone else is down for some great concerts.
June 28. I'm going to try to give myself some free time before I leave, so if you make it before then PM me for sure!
I'm patient. I can wait. Translation: project is way backburnered, I think I told you the poetry writing has been super minimal lately. So no sweat. Go to England, hot chicks with British accents, and you'll be the American with the cool accent right back at 'em.
I'm glad you're off the modafinil. You're a talented/productive enough dude without it. I will admit in the privacy of this not at all private forum: Life is shit. or maybe life is amazing. It's probably some where in between. Either way - I'm glad you're here. And I'm glad you posted this. It's a nice roundup.
You have any side projects going? I think it would be important for a guy like you to have some creative outlets. How you doing on that front?
Life is good. Company is fledgling but strongly positioned to succeed. The biggest thing I'm struggling with right now is whom to vote for. MI's primary is tomorrow. I've decided I'm not voting for Clinton, but that's all I know. Nothing against Clinton. She'll make a good president, but I'll have a chance to vote for her in November. So I'm left to choose between the angel and demon perched on either shoulder. The angel is telling me to vote for Bernie. I fully expect Clinton to win, but I think that the more Sanders voters there are, the more seriously she may consider their aims. So a vote for Sanders isn't a wasted vote by any means. Then there's the devil on my other shoulder who really wants to keep the GOP spectacle going for as long as possible. A vote for Trump or Cruz would entertain me to a great extent. I fully expect the GOP to implode and just give the fall election away in hopes of protecting the Senate, and anything I can do to help them in that direction I would gladly do. I don't want Kasich to win here, because that will bring the "serious men" out to the fore once again. I like the ridiculousness of Trump and Cruz, because they're the true ugly face of the GOP that has been hiding in plain sight for 30 odd years. Tough call, but I'm leaning toward Sanders at the moment. I truly won't know, however, until tomorrow when they ask me if I want a Dem or GOP ballot and I have no choice but to answer.
My neighbor had the same dilemma regarding who to vote for. I'll tell you what I told her, vote for the person you would most like to be President. Period. Quit fucking around.
Yeah, that's kind of how I am leaning. I have strategically voted in the past, but never felt that great about it. I'd feel awful if Trump was our president and I played a part in it. I'll most likely vote for Hillary or Bernie. Not sure which yet. I expect that the Dem Primary will be pretty much over in 9 days, and that Hillary will come out on top. Maybe I'll vote for Bernie for pulling the conversation to the left, and for his integrity.
...for Hillary. I was undecided until I stepped up to the booth. I settled on voting for the first woman President. I feel that she is more than qualified, and can effectively run the country. Hillary is a political opportunist, but that is not my greatest concern at this point in time. I want the country to move to the left, but I do not want to attempt a hard left to get there, as I believe that will backfire in the long run. IMO there are demographic and socioeconomic shifts that will bring the US to the to the left, and in the end, it doesn't have much to do with who decides to run. Most important to me right now, is executive competence, a more liberal Supreme Court, and a US where a woman has been President. I have yet to be able to vote for a President that I am completely satisfied with. I also do not buy that Bernie stands the best chance of winning against Trump. Sanders is a man of integrity, and his challenge has been a very positive thing. If he were younger, perhaps he could win the Presidency in 2024.
I ended up casting for Sanders. I like Clinton, but I want her to get the message that a lot of people are uncomfortable with her financial industry coziness. I have no problem voting fro her in the general, but I like the rabble rousing of Sanders, even if I don't agree with some of his policy proposals.
I actually think he stands a much better chance than Hillary. Donald Trump thrives on personal attacks. There is so much more there to attack with Hillary. One of the biggest advantages of integrity is that you don't have to defend yourself as much. Hilary has a lot to defend and he will come at her with everything she has ever, ever done. There's a lot there.I also do not buy that Bernie stands the best chance of winning against Trump.
I watched her on the Benghazi hearings. Say what you will about HRC, but she was fucking impressive. Completely unfazed under pressure and attack, prepared, and hard as nails. Made her most antagonistic questioners look like fools to boot. I honestly think Trump will come after her and will find that she reveals his attacks as toothless while using them to underscore just how incompetent he would be as POTUS. I seriously think she will Judo him and use his attacks against him without him even knowing it. He has more to defend than Hillary does by a loooooooot as well. The x factor is the disgruntled indies and blue dogs though. Trump could seriously have some sway with certain blocs that swing elections. No matter what though I think Sanders would get annihilated by Trump and the right. The center isn't quite ready to elect a self-avowed socialist yet, and no, putting the word "democratic" in front of it isn't going to help. Americans don't do nuance.
"I own her. Literally. Look it up, I bought her and her husband as decorations at my wedding. Great wedding by the way, it was HUGE."
Exactly. Arguably just as bad, what kind of person is resigned to be decor for $? Our options are gonna suck.
I think it will be much easier for Trump to ridicule Bernie and to get under his skin. A lot of people see Trump as a successful businessman, and I think he can paint Bernie's anti-corporatism as naive. I agree with b_b that Hillary is very experienced when it comes to defending against personal attacks, and that Trump really risks it backfiring on him as he is clearly a misogynist.
I had told my father, who is a rabid (is there any other kind) Trump supporter that I was going to strategically vote for Trump in the primary because I wanted the Republicans to get decimated in the general if he won. He was gleeful and didn't care that my reasoning was cynical from his point of view. But the more Trump opened his mouth, the less I could entertain this even as what I viewed to be a strategic play to help ensure Republican defeat. Between his stated desire to assassinate innocent men, women, and children (family members of "terrorists") and the fact that he couldn't bring himself to denounce the Ku Klux Klan without "looking into it more" it all just became too much. I could never have my name attached to a vote for someone like him, under any scenario. Just couldn't physically do it. It is actually a bit tougher than it seems between Clinton and Sanders because I do believe that Trump is mostly likely to win the GOP nom, and a Sanders nom will just throw it to Trump effortlessly in the general. I don't think Sanders has a great chance of winning, but it's playing with fire to some degree. Mostly, first past the post voting is a fucking stupid system.Then there's the devil on my other shoulder who really wants to keep the GOP spectacle going for as long as possible.
Appealing to one's own baser instincts is always seductive. That's what makes Trump popular in the first place. I know that, so I'm very hesitant to acquiesce to the Dark Side. But the feeling is there, nonetheless. I think I can resist the urge. I've also considered sitting this one out. That's still a viable option for me at this point.
I've had a secret belief for a while now that the left is in for a nasty little surprise should Trump be the GOP nominee in the general. These are all positions Trump has publicly taken in the GOP primary: 1) He thinks the rich should pay more in taxes. 2) Wants to erect massive barriers to free trade (including placing a 45% tax on ever single item large or small that China exports to the US). 3) Wants to restrict American capital access to overseas labor markets and force American companies to on-shore their manufacturing. Those are all populist/leftist positions. That's straight out of an anti-NAFTA, anti-WTO leftie wishlist. Bernie Sanders has said these things. It's besides the point that for any given thing he's said, he's said the opposite only days before. The GOP primary has clearly demonstrated that that fact doesn't actually matter for a significant number of voters. You already saw in Trump's victory speech on Super Tuesday his softening of tone and pivoting towards the center. Watch as this drags on as he continues that pivot and goes after angry and disgruntled independents and blue dog dems in the rust belt and elsewhere. He's been telling pissed off people whatever the fuck they want to hear for months now, just tweaking it for the particular group of angries he happens to be talking to that day. He'll be tweaking for the blue collar left next. Mark my words, there is a strong possibility that there will be a lot of people on the Left horrified at at how many of their own perceived voters he peels off. A lot of us, including me, have been pretty glib and mocking of someone that really deserves more serious consideration than we've given him. We imagine ourselves as a group, as a sort of saintly firewall. I think we could find that we've been egotistical and condescending to the point of peril if we don't watch it.
And remember that Trump supports Planned Parenthood, supported benefits to gay couples (after he saw the writing on the wall but still) and is against the trade deals. My big fear is that Clinton vs trump will hinge on turnout. Many Bernie supporters will say "screw it" and stay home. But the Evangelicals out here FROTHING AT THE MOUTH hate Trump. My county in the caucus went to Cruz. And some of those people I work will will not vote for Trump because he is a "godless sodomite." It's going to be weird. Trump's friends concern me and whatever court picks he chooses will almost certainly piss me off. Clinton? Not sure. Bill took Kentucky twice by a good margin, so Hillary might carry some of that institutional memory into November assuming she does not fall ill or get indicted or have anything weird happen. The Republican Convention is going to be Awesome to watch as an outsider, and you bet I am going to be watching that go down live this summer.
Exactly. He does support them: http://dailysignal.com/2015/08/12/donald-trump-defends-planned-parenthood-calls-abortions-small-part-of-what-they-do/ But remember, he also thinks they are terrible, doesn't support them, and wants them defunded! http://www.lifenews.com/2015/10/19/donald-trump-planned-parenthood-should-absolutely-be-de-funded/ And he'll support whatever else he needs to for the crowd he's in front of that day. He's a mirror. All you have to do to look into it is feel angry and disenfranchised. And he's tilting towards the center left in direct proportion to how locked-up he feels he's got the GOP primary.And remember that Trump supports Planned Parenthood, supported benefits to gay couples (after he saw the writing on the wall but still) and is against the trade deals.
Anecdata: I've been hearing die-hard movement conservatives talking about not bothering to vote if Trump gets the nomination. I'm used to hearing that from people on the left, who have had to pick the lesser evil as long as I've been alive, but it's really weird to see from conservatives.
If I could bet money, I'd bet that the GOP falls in line lock-step behind Trump if he grabs it, outside of a handful of Conservative thinkers in the media. And the scant few that refrain will be outnumbered by the number of new energized voters he adds to the rolls. And I think that the problem is that there simply aren't many die hard movement conservatives in existence. I'm talking the philosophy of conservatism here. The GOP has spent so many years courting angry social conservatives (I consider a different beast entirely), and a general anger and hostility at all things government in any way shape or form that the voters they actually have in the greatest numbers aren't actually aligned (in the aggregate) with serious conservative intellectual thought. It's more nihilistic and xenophobic than principled and considered.
They said the same thing about McCain and Romney as well. Romney got a ton of hate out here and that reduced turnout among the Republicans. Remember ObamaCare is Romney's Massachusetts health insurance plan taken nationally, and many conservatives held him responsible. When politics comes up out here, I sit back, get quiet and casually munch on the popcorn.
OK, tng. That was my little off-topic rant. I imagine you've been following the cryptic #stateofthelil reports, so you know that things are pretty dandy in some realms. Anyone ever have minor surgery (anaesthesia) cancelled because they had a cold? I need to know. pm me.
I imagine you've been following the cryptic #stateofthelil reports,
Yes, they're pretty great. In fact, I just re-listened to "Cry Me a River," from your post.
I'm late! Tng, it's great to hear that your work is going well. I have a hard time imagining the guts it takes to start your own business, and I certainly don't have the entrepreneur bug in me as of yet. Huge respect to you and the many guts-havers on Hubski. I am not yet a General. This may take longer than I've anticipated. All of my free time is going towards getting together an hour's worth of repertoire for what may be the last classical piano performance of my life. It's really for my family and friends (read: my mom) and a sense of closure on all my time studying classical piano. That said, I'm trying to collaborate and create as much music as possible before I'm off for "USA! USA!" processing at the end of June. There are some really talented people around me, it just takes a lil' luck to find them; I've been involved in everything from indie rock and hip-hop to Eno-esque ambient bands over the last few months, and it's been pretty freakin sweet. As I connect with more and more cadets at West Point and dig into the culture, my newborn motivation and patriotism is kinda clashing with the implications of the upcoming election, as well as some untempered fears of brain-washing, quitting, and/or disappointment at WP. We'll see! How do I feel in general? In a word: 
Wait. I missed... a few things. You're at West Point now?
I know, right? I got accepted in January, and if I don't get rescinded until then, I'm off to begin West Point's cadet basic training at the end of June. :S Edit: By the way there's a decent NatGeo doc on West Point's CBT for anyone curious, it's melodramatically titled "surviving west point," on Netflix. Edit2: Oops, it's no longer on Netflix apparently. My summer will thus remain shrouded in mystery.
Enh, how bad can it be? Sure it's old news, but congratulations, man.
Thanks! So what are you up to? Haven't seen you on pubski but now that you know what's kicking my ass, I'm curious what you're squaring up for at the moment!
Moved to Kentucky a year ago. About to go back to school for nursing. In other words: continuing the slow decline into suburban middle class mediocrity. Not really a complaint- there's a lot to be said for it! Surprisingly comfy here.
Hey Steve! Miss you too, glad to hear life is good. I've been just unbearably busy the past month or so. Speaking of which, I sort of hit a wall today. After a month of 3+ hours of rehearsal a day, then a show Friday, working Saturday and two shows Sunday, today at around noon I suddenly could barely keep my eyes open. An hour long nap that I didn't have time for didn't help. I'm now in the dressing room before performance 4 of 6, trying to figure out how the fuck I'm going to survive until Friday. (I also have midterms this week, and a meeting at 10pm tonight.) Wish me luck.
Good luck pal. You know, someone once told me that any nap longer than 15-20 minutes only makes you more tired. Apparently the trick is to not get in to REM sleep. I'm no sleepologist (is that a thing?) but it rings true for me.
Good to hear that you're good. Can't wait to hear more about the next big thing. No doubt you'll be in town to wrangle with the regulators at some point; let me know in advance and I'll reserve an hour at Alan Greenspan's tennis court.
That sounds like a plan! Should I come in to town and not have my tennis gear, we can also hold up at Alan Greenspan's favorite place to get scotch, does that exist?
We get along really well, no need for space really. Sometimes we do our own thing at the computer for a while so while we're physically in the same place it feels like time apart in a way. And how can you get annoyed by the person that just brought me some cut up mangoes 5 minutes ago? <3 Life is good in general but i've been lazy the past couple of days. No filming or editing and mostly staying in bed not even exploring anything. That's unacceptable so back to life tomorrow. I should stop drinking, those hungover wasted days are 100% not worth it.
Yo Steve! No, quit the Fenway thing. It was fun though. Sometimes it's fun to have a side job that one doesn't particularly care about and hey, it was great having that access. As for the writing, well . . . not on the poetry front. When I do sit down to write it's for my masters. A professor asked me today, "Rico, why is it that whenever I ask you how things are doing, you seem anguished?" The stress is keeping me svelte though. In June it looks like I'll be taking part in a program in Ecuador, if all goes to plan. Anyway, hopefully I'll have a solid idea by the end of the summer for what to do my masters project/thesis on. I'm curious about your new thing and also what this Ethereum business is. Any new music cooking away? By-the-by, does anyone have any advice on starting a Roth IRA?
kleinbl00 -You're pretty savvy in the ways of the Roth, right? Good luck with the thesis topic and in securing that Equador trip Rico. Funny, when I'm stressed I get the opposite of svelte. Lots of new music these days. I just posted a new song yesterday. Send me some lyrics! I just relistened to "The Temp," the other day. Remember that one? We will announce more about the new thing soon.
Super easy. Seed that shit with like $500, set it up as a lazy portfolio (I recommend what they're calling "Yale U's unconventional"; I can give you some ETF approximations of the mutual funds they built it from) and then ignore it. Warren Buffet, 1990 Then, with your shiny new TD Ameritrade account, go over here and play the fake ponies. I got hammered last month in fake money but did pretty well in real money and the ability to play with fake money lets you feel smart (or stupid) without any skin in the game."Lethargy bordering on sloth remains the cornerstone of our investment style: This year we neither bought nor sold a share of five of our six major holdings."
Haven't heard from you in a while. Mind you, I haven't been Mr. Communication myself. Currently in the final throes of nursing school prerecs, and then the real work begins in May. The stuff I'm taking right now isn't hard per se, there's just a lot of it, and I have to fit study/test time into the little cracks between kid time. It's kind of a meat grinder. Added incentive to finish soon: the program through which I'm finishing prerecs is a joke, and I'm convinced that it's just a matter of time before somebody with the power to do something about it realizes as much, and takes away their accreditation. So I'm trying to finish and get into school before that happens. No music, although I have been messing with a satisfying guitar line every night after work and before bed. No lyrics or melody, because I get subject matter from life, and life right now is just a litany of physiology terms. Can't do much with that. In time, I guess. Clearly trying to be more present here, we'll see if I can keep it up for long. Have another kid! Three is fun.
Thanks, tonight the kids were uber obnoxious and my wife looked over at me and said, "you sure you want a third?" --I go back and forth. I bought a synth. I'm inspired. I made this today: I think the second half is pretty cool. Good luck with the prerecs.