Interesting Thoughts, That Aren't Always Mine

Interesting Thoughts, That Aren't Always Mine

Just tidbits and info about whatever comes to my mind.


My Thoughts On Cointiply

11 May 2025 2 minute read 5 comments SeventyFourSeventyFive

OK, this is my third installment on talking about products I currently use. Today I am discussing Cointiply. Let me start right off the bat and state I am not a big fan of online surveys and faucets and other ways to earn online that usually end up w...

Blockchain Statistics from Exploding Topics

18 Apr 2025 1 minute read 1 comment SeventyFourSeventyFive

Here are some stats I ran across recently, I put my thoughts in italics on some:   Around 50 million unique addresses have a non-zero balance of Bitcoin. (Non-zero doesn't really mean a whole lot.) Cryptocurrency creator Satoshi Nakamoto is thought t...

My Thoughts On Robinhood (More Stuff I Use)

12 Apr 2025 3 minute read 0 comments SeventyFourSeventyFive

Today I'm taking a look at Robinhood, the investment app that most people refer to as a starting point for beginners. First, a quick rundown on exactly what Robinhood from Wikipedia: Robinhood Markets, Inc. is an American financial services company h...

Judge voids Elon Musk's 'unfathomable' $56 billion Tesla pay package- Yahoo News (Update)

3 Apr 2025 3 minute read 13 comments SeventyFourSeventyFive

(Update to this story, Elon Musk recently moved this up the chain appealing it and I stand by my opinion he will eventually get paid.  The funny thing about this is that after the first ruling stating the shareholders had been cheated and were tricke...

Who Is Still Here in 2025?

29 Mar 2025 1 minute read 13 comments SeventyFourSeventyFive

I have been retired and and stay at home dad for the last 8 years, but, I recently went back to working about 25-30 hours a week as a special education professional in a public school near my house. While I used to write a few times a week on here, I...

My Grandad

15 Mar 2025 2 minute read 1 comment SeventyFourSeventyFive

(Not my typical article, but, my sister organized all my grandfathers journals from his time growing up and his service in WWII. She wanted family members to write memories of him. This is my submission.) My grandad would often show up at my house, e...

The Biggest Cheats and Fraudsters In The Finance Industry

11 Feb 2025 5 minute read 3 comments SeventyFourSeventyFive

I wrote about some of these types of guys a few years ago, and thought I would revisit the topic.  While there have been some bad actors in the crypto world, fraud and theft has been around as long as humans have been on this earth. Here are a few th...

The Transition Of Power

20 Jan 2025 1 minute read 0 comments SeventyFourSeventyFive

I am a US citizen, and right now, we are in the middle of the transition of power that we see every four to eight years. It has got me thinking about what an incredible time we live in.  It is just not in America, either, but in a huge portion of the...

The Next Big Thing Has Already Happened

18 Jan 2025 1 minute read 3 comments SeventyFourSeventyFive

If you think you have found the next get rich quick scheme and you are not already rich from it, then you are too late.  I have been "interested" in crypto since about 2016, when a company I worked with had a backroom In their warehouse that was full...

Should You Buy Gold?

14 Jan 2025 2 minute read 3 comments SeventyFourSeventyFive

I guess the first question should really be, “Do you want to buy gold?”  Full disclosure, I myself have a little bit of gold stored away, and not because I thought it was a great investment, but, because I thought owning some gold coins would be cool...