the answer to many things can be found at the boat ramp I hummed as i made my way up river, paddling my own canoe. after the paddle, there was a lone man putting in his fishing boat. 3pm on the Casio wristwatch. he was driving a work truck--probably got off early today. i watched with curiosity how he was going to get the boat off the trailer by himself. i pulled my canoe out of the water, he walked by and offered to help put it on top the car. "oh i got it, thank you". he walked by again, "how are you going to get that up there by yourself?" he lifted the other end of the boat on top the car. i noted the wedding ring. "thank you, friend" he got in his boat and motored into the spitting rain. i shuddered as the cold rain pecked against my windshield. i expected him to turn around and need help getting the boat back on. nope, the roar of the engine faded into the distance. he probably had an hour before picking up the kids at 5pm. rain was nothing to him. it looks like there are two options in life for men. go to the boat ramp anytime you want. or go to the boat ramp on a tight schedule with the wedding ring .

some other good news wrt Strategy and STRC is the Josh Mandell fellow finally seems to be warming up again... Comparing Strategy to a diesel engine definitely is a good look for the stock. Who knew that investors don't like to invest in things they don't understand and nobody quite understood what was happening with all the "perpetual preferred" stocks. all this time, the only "Wiley Coyote" moment --to quote Cathie Wood-- was me pretending to understand what perpetual preferred stocks were. i trusted Saylor and tried to wrap my head around all the creativity while others like Mandell were smarter and bailed out entirely. if he can't understand it then nobody can. but that appears to be changing. with STRC, it's getting obvious even to the intelligent skeptics that this could be something good. i have a newfound respect for diesel engines. in fact, if any man wants to make friends with other men, study diesel engines. then go to equipment auctions. for just 10,000 dollars a giant truck with a diesel engine and air brakes can be yours. you can put up beekeeping boxes in yard and slap "Farm Use" plates on the truck and you won't need a CDL. the joy of the engine and the air brakes will light up your face and you'll never be sad again.