Well I have to admit, I'm more partial to the "fallen angel" interpretation of the balrog But that said, that is a really cool lego set!!

The Epstein is Satoshi idea is a bit silly. But most of these reporters don't really have the first idea about Bitcoin anyway, so it may sound plausible to them, I don't know. Me — I think Satoshi never

I love libraries. The ones in this country are pretty good. And I have the bonus of being able to use my "local" library back in my hometown. Can't get physical books from there while I'm living

We got snow here too. Pretty rare in the Nagoya area. My kids had a lot of fun!

It was a great movie — and an even better book! That AI photo is pretty good, except for poor Gene Hackman. It seems to have taken the bald wig he work for Superman as his normal appearance 🤣

Do you have any plum blossoms around your area?

haha I understand! -17 is rough.

haha yeah. Might be a small difference between here and there.

From what I hear about the winter there this year, I can understand it!

Let's hope 😃

It will get even more noisy before calming down, I think.

The difference from previous cycles is that BTC is entirely controlled by Wall Street now. That in mind, I think this Bitcoin winter will play out a little differently from past ones.

Yeah I'm ok seeing silver fall. When it was up above 100, I was too tempted to sell. And most of my silver is collectables that I'd prefer not to sell, but to pass down. As is now, that temptation is gone.

Indiana actually has the second most Japanese companies in the US (Cali is of course #1). Last I checked the number was around 210 of them. As you might guess, almost all of them are car parts companies.

I think we (collectively) doomed BTC when we invited Wall Street to come in. Now it is just another Wall Street asset and is highly correlated to everything that goes on there. We wanted to be rich, so

Thanks! !BBH

You should give it a watch. It's absurd, but a lot of fun. Barbarella! I haven't thought of that one in years.

You should go back and give it a second look. It's a lot of fun.

Great memories! And Clash of the Titans! Wow.. I had almost forgotten that. I also loved that one when I was a kid.

Congrats, Joe! That isn't an easy thing to quit. Good luck continuing to step away from it forever! You're right, it's never too late to make a change.