From the deep reaches of the inner mind, to the lighthearted musings of a friendly conversation, to investing and crypto ramblings, to reflections on pop culture phenomenona: assorted subjects and scattered connections.
1 Jun 2021 2 minute read 2 comments RocketEnthusiast
Before I took a deep dive into the music of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, the frontman was only known to me as "the guy who sings that Free Fallin' song." I would hear that tune and host of other radio hits including "American Girl" and "I Won't B...
30 May 2021 1 minute read 0 comments RocketEnthusiast
In my previous post, I shared a few thoughts on the Topps merger with Mudrick Capital Acquisition Corp. II (more specifically the digitization of trading cards) and promised to deliver the goods in a subsequent post. Here it is, I've dug up a sealed...
27 May 2021 2 minute read 1 comment RocketEnthusiast
On April 6, 2021 Topps Co Inc. announced its intentions to become a publicly traded company via a reverse merger with a special purpose acquisition company led by Mudrick Capital. The deal places a $1.3 billion valuation on Topps, an iconic sports ca...
25 May 2021 2 minute read 3 comments RocketEnthusiast
Despite a mainstream career of only four years, Jimi Hendrix dazzled fans and fellow musicians alike: from his signature right-handed strats re-strung and played upside down to the iconic "wah wah" pedal sound effect he made famous, some of Hendrix's...
22 May 2021 1 minute read 2 comments RocketEnthusiast
It was 2004 the last time I saw those devilish red eyes. Seventeen years younger, a few inches shorter, and a couple dozen pounds lighter, I developed a curiosity developed for these strange creatures. Flying seemingly blind (they're not), squirming...
19 May 2021 1 minute read 0 comments RocketEnthusiast
Jerry: "It's not about nothing." George: "No, it's about nothing." Jerry: "Well, maybe in philosophy, but even nothing is something." Iconic lines from Seinfeld, the "show about nothing." When I initially discovered Bitcoin back in 2011, I thought no...
