Congratulations re the sobriety. I will celebrate one year alcohol free in May. Onward!

I’ve been on a creative tear lately—writing a screenplay. I mentioned the idea to my daughter, and she said, “You’ll never do it.” I replied, “You clearly don’t know your father.” So now, I have to finish it.

I’ve also been making music that I actually enjoy. Really dig this new one.

Work is going very well. We’re in the process of spinning out the stem cell banking company and bringing in a new leadership team to grow it, while we focus all our efforts on SuperShotPRP. As one investor put it, “I get two shots on goal for my one investment!”

We’re nearly finished building a new home, which includes a detached music studio—a lifelong dream of mine.

Physically, I’ve made a major transformation over the past two years. I’ve been playing a lot of tennis and lifting weights. I feel great.

On the downside, someone keyed my Tesla last week. So dumb. So cowardly. Idiots abound—left and right.

The kids are doing well. Normal kid stuff—grades, messy bedrooms—but they’re healthy and happy. I feel fortunate to have such a strong family. I’m making a concerted effort to be more present with each of them, enjoying who they are now, knowing from experience how quickly they change. I love them all so much.

I’ve been enjoying time with my wife too. She shares my love of tennis and is handling 99% of the home design and building process. I’m incredibly grateful. They say building a home and starting a business are two of the most stressful things for a marriage. Well, we’re doing both—twice—and we’re in the best place we’ve been in years. I credit much of that to the changes I’ve made to my physical health. It’s amazing how fitness ripples through everything else.

Heard this old Herbie Hancock song in an AirBNB ad. It’s a great jam.

No idea. I actually can’t remember how I stumbled across this track. Every time I hear something I like I add it to an iTunes playlist. The list this one landed on I titled, “vibing.” Seems to fit. Glad you dig it! Cheers

Dig the tune, thanks for sharing.

culminating in a glorious weeping session

Appreciate the thoughtful comment, cgod.

I've left Hubski a few times. Mostly because y'all were ignoring bad actors and telling me I was being mean and over reacting

As someone who knows a recipient of a heart transplant rather well, all caution has to be taken when you have a heart transplant.

The point I was clumsily trying to make is that the covid vaccine, like the flu vaccine, isn't terribly effective and I no longer think it should be mandated, in general.

However, I am DEF not a physician and if the reason that a heart transplant recipient should get the vaccine is because even though it is only nominally effective, it's still a safeguard, that tracks

If you won't stop drinking, smoking, if you are over weight, if you won't get all your vaccinations than you don't qualify

The story of the girl is sad but it's not unreasonable.

In short, it's okay to question the need for medical mandates. it's a conversation worth having. Vaccines are BIG business in the US. As a Pharma company, getting your drug on the vaccine schedule is the golden ticket. Every newborn is your customer, there is no risk of liability. That sort of incentive is corrupting. We should be skeptical. Having said that, vaccines are among our greatest achievements. Amazing science/medicine

I think the person who was mean to you probably has had to go through a lot when it comes to their heart. It's hard to understand the difficulty that entails, it's a lot of time, fear, suffering and uncertainty. I have some sympathy. I also think that person is a dick otherwise in many ways but WTE.

I am rooting for your friend. If he has a go-fund-me, post it here. I'd be glad to help and perhaps others would too?

Thanks for the song, while I take the Hubski hiatus, I'll be checking in on that weeklymusicthread. See you there.

Onward!

He recently turned 11. I came back here to reminisce. What a day that was. He is still beautiful and strong. Headstrong too. Intelligent, athletic and incredibly impulsive. He brings us all tremendous joy.

Anyone interested in reading Kennedy’s HHS statement that prompted the article can do so via link below. It’s not a long read. I don’t find any fault in it. And yes, I’m bullish.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/establishing-the-presidents-make-america-healthy-again-commission/

What shit on RFK Jr. did I post? How is he, “going after SSRI’s?” It’s my understanding that in the past he has suggested they’re over-prescribed and harder to get off of than is suggested. I think something like 10% or more of adults are prescribed them. That’s a fucking crazy number.

I’ll watch his actions and see if he does anything to deny people access to SSRI’s, but I’d be surprised if he did. Lots of reporting about what he might do or could do. I’ll wait to see what he does do and I’ll certainly hold him to account if the things he does do run afoul to my values. Easy enough. He a public servant, not a god. Im in a good place where I can genuinely judge our public servants on their actions.

Sorry that you’re sick of, “my shit.” You can always block me. No hard feelings here.

Hey there, I have no idea who this is because you’re such a coward that you posted and ghosted. So brave. Your comment says far more about you than it does me. Get help

I am sorry your mom is so callous. But you should not extrapolate her values to anyone that is not interested in having the covid vaccine, especially those that are young and healthy. When the covid vaccine was made available I tried everything I could to get it asap. Why? Because I, and everyone else, was told that it would, "stop the spread." It was going to, "stop the pandemic in its tracks." I believed it. We were told that if we got the vaccine we could no longer get infected etc. You can choose to remember differently, but this is a fact. Then, slowly they rolled it back to 90% effective original strain, 60% Delta, subsequent strains are as low as 30% effective. The viral load that the vaccinated have was certainly lowered with the original strain but since omicron and beyond that seems to be more nebulous. So, if you're young and healthy I don't think there is a need to be getting the vaccine any longer. You're not protecting yourself and you're not effectively protecting others. It is certainly not the

"most untargeted positive thing you can do for humanity."

There are real reasons for young, healthy people to be skeptical re taking the covid vaccine. I think it's foolish to paint with such a wide brush. I know people that didn't take the vaccine because they were skeptical of the speed at which it was produced, a general distrust of government, the profit motive and the dismissal of other treatments. I was downright rude to these people at the time (my mom) and I have since apologized.

My mom is very giving to strangers and people she knows alike. There are many like her. I think we need a truth and reconciliation approach to covid now. With radical insight into how decisions were made. Many of the things that were thought to be, "conspiratorial," have turned out to be true. See lab leak v natural origins.

In short, you want to get the covid vaccine and subsequent boosters? Go for it. But it should no longer be mandated. Nor should the flu vaccine. Do you shame people that don't get the flu vaccine? Are they, "depraved?"

Again, if it were my daughter, I would do just about anything to get her a new heart. Not excusing the parents. But I would also fight against a system that denies a child a heart for these reasons.

The problem, Steve, is you feel like you should have an opinion other than "what the fuck is this bullshit" which means you've already lost.

I get it? But the DNC had to deal with half the country insisting a vote for Harris was a vote for Intifada

No. Full stop. The DNC didn't have to deal with the any part of the country thinking anything about Harris. They brought that upon themselves. They knew Biden was mental mashed potatoes. They could have held a robust primary. They apparently ran polling to see who would win in an open primary. Guess who it wasn't -- Biden. Maybe Kennedy or Dean Phillips would have won or Klobuchar or Buttigieg, but it would have been by the will of the people. Instead they rugged Biden and installed Harris with zero input from any of us. Huge mistake. It wasn't Maga's fault that Harris lost. WTF? How dare they say mean things about the opposition candidate? The DNC couldn't have predicted that? Harris did almost zero long form unscripted interviews. This after her predecessor had the least amount of press conferences of any president since Reagan (a bad look since Reagan also had dementia). She said she wouldn't have changed a thing from the Biden admin... I mean, she was a really shitty Candidate. All the DNC needed was something, "new." She could have been that but chose not to be. Epic fail.

The fact that "they're eating the dogs," came up and Harris STILL lost is a testament to how bad of a campaign she ran. It's not that she couldn't have won. She chose not to. All she had to do was to distance herself from Biden. To show she was young, energetic and willing to talk the issues in depth and go on long form interviews, one after another. But no. I'm telling you, it was an epic fail. So, yeah... Fuck the DNC.

Your Sweet Love - Lee Hazlewood. Gorgeous in every way.

So simple. so clean. Can't understand a word and it still resonates with me. Also, dig the album art. Oooh... when the chorus comes in. Cool horn/string slightly discordant arrangement.

Dude, you have great taste in music. Grateful. Keep 'em coming!