its uncomfortable when people close to you start acting unstable and thinking in destructive ways. 😬

life

til, the truth about the “Obama sent Iran pallets of cash” story that was so heavily pushed years ago. The US was going to lose a Hague international legal case because it had taken money from Iran for delivery of weapons, didnt send the weapons, and just kept the money. Iran sued. And because the US had made it illegal to send money through western banks to Iran, they had to settle the case by flying the settlement amount in cash. We settled before the case concluded to avoid the embarrassment of losing to Iran in open court.

camped out in a little naturally occurring cubby under a willow tree on the property. pit up a small tarp, a water source, and a chair, because its 15 degrees cooler in here.

finally got a replacement keyboard for my trusty x200. it’s just been sitting for a while. muscle memory for all the custom keys is a bit rusty 😬

my big tech indulgence is watching tictok videos of rural cooking and farming from different countries 🤷

sunny saturday. filled the cistern, planted the luffa, winter squash, and stevia. need to find a good spot for the bay tree. but first, cold seltzer in the shade.

in the “most free country in the world”, if you work from the age of 18 to 65 and retire, and have paid 50% in taxes, you spent half your working life, or 70,000 hours as a slave to the US government.

counter intuitively, this is a season for laughter.

one time, i prayed, “God, show me your sense of humor.” all im saying is, dont pray this unless you want to laugh your ass off at the weirdest inside jokes ever.

when i was 15, my parents sent me on a survival camp to “fix” me. when i came back, i was a miscreant who could also survive in the woods.

@cuban first time trying the cuban oregano im growing after you told me about it. delicious unique flavor. seasoned blackbeans and eggs with it 🤌

so many 😲