Interesting Thoughts, That Aren't Always Mine

Interesting Thoughts, That Aren't Always Mine

Just tidbits and info about whatever comes to my mind.


TV Now and Then. Kids Don't Know What They Are Missing.

29 Mar 2024 2 minute read 4 comments SeventyFourSeventyFive

My kids heard the term "Jumping The Shark" the other day and were asking me about it. I am at the age where I watched Happy Days live and remember that episode well. I also remember being a kid and thinking it was awesome, not realizing just how corn...

A Crypto Professor...

24 Mar 2024 1 minute read 3 comments SeventyFourSeventyFive

It amazes me that the type of article I came across today is still popping in searches about crypto. This one is on Marketwatch.com and is from an interview with a "Crypto Professor." "I teach cryptocurrency at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business....

Blockchain Statistics from Exploding Topics

21 Mar 2024 1 minute read 0 comments 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...

What Countries Have Banned Cryptocurrency and Which Have Adopted It?

17 Mar 2024 1 minute read 2 comments SeventyFourSeventyFive

I think it is interesting to look at the type of countries that have taken different approaches to cryptocurrency. Which in most cases seems to match up with the type of government that is in place in the respective countries.  More authoritative and...

Forbes Top 12 Crypto Billionaires

16 Mar 2024 1 minute read 0 comments SeventyFourSeventyFive

I know, this is an easy post, but, I thought this list was interesting to see some of the names on it. I have already written on my thoughts about the Winklevoss Twins.  Sam Bankman-Fried: This twenty-something MIT graduate founded the derivatives e...

Another Round Of Smart People Talking About Crypto

13 Mar 2024 2 minute read 1 comment SeventyFourSeventyFive

"If you don't believe it or don't get it, I don't have the time to try to convince you, sorry." — Satoshi Nakamoto "If the cryptocurrency market overall or a digital asset is solving a problem, it's going to drive some value." — Brad Garlinghouse " I...

The Details Matter

10 Mar 2024 1 minute read 3 comments SeventyFourSeventyFive

I was born at 12:02 AM. While this might not seem important, it became a very big issue when I turned 16.  You see, my due date was 3/24. On 3/24, my mother went into labor and headed to the hospital.  Now due dates are just estimates, but, for my mo...

Doggonit, People Like You.

7 Mar 2024 1 minute read 0 comments SeventyFourSeventyFive

Hey, you look great today. That idea you have is going to work out just fine. I really like that shirt on you. I think you drive great. Don’t quit. You are better than everyone that ever corrected someone on their use of your and you're. That other g...

I Have No Doubt Warren Buffett Is Smarter Than Me... (Take Two)

5 Mar 2024 3 minute read 3 comments SeventyFourSeventyFive

(I just decided to repost this from scratch as there were so many errors and bad writing in the first one. Somehow when I went through and edited the original, none of it saved. Also, B18 made a point that should have been in the original, "It Is an...

The Magnificent Seven of the Stock Market

2 Mar 2024 1 minute read 3 comments SeventyFourSeventyFive

Investing in "Magnificent Seven" stocks has proven a reliable way to make big profits. Many of these companies -- Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta Platforms, Microsoft, Nvidia, and Tesla -- have seen their share prices double, triple, or even quadruple...