It’s been a busy week in my corner of the world—but a productive and good kind of busy. Thanks to everyone who's shown their support for the latest installment of my new fan-fiction series “becoming”.
I was considering publishing this in book format at some point but there are all sorts of messy legalities involved that I don’t think I want to be bothered with. So, for now, “becoming” will live, exclusively, right here on the Hive blockchain.
Uptober
It's been an exciting week for Bitcoin in the news but, still, there hasn't been much price action compared to past market cycles. It certainly seems that Wall Street has a firm grasp on price-manipulation and is doing their best to suppress the price at this point.
Historically, Uptober (October) has been the best month for gains so if we see any major moves up it will probably happen in the coming weeks or else we could be waiting for another few years. Some are hinting at the fact regular market cycles might be a thing of the past for Bitcoin but I'm not fully convinced.
If the price doesn't go higher from here this will officially go down as the strangest bull market there's ever been.
Tesla Shareholder Meeting
The Tesla Shareholder Meeting is taking place in Austin, TX on November 6th and my brother and I might have the good fortune of being there! Tesla will be drawing names for tickets soon. This won’t be one to miss as Elon has hinted at a “very special” demonstration of the Optimus robot. It sure would be something special to see in person.
In light of Ashish Kumar's, head of AI for Tesla's Optimus humanoid robot project, announcement of his departure from Tesla for a position at Meta my guess is the majority of the important work on Optimus is now completed and it’s just down to the fine-tuning before the robots roll out to businesses and the public next year.
Home Renovation
The major phases of the home renovation are now underway and will be continuing up until the week before the Thanksgiving holiday. The tiling in our lower level is complete and the carpet installers will be here next week to finish up.
After the carpet is installed we’ll be living downstairs for a few weeks while the crews come in to install hardwood floors on the main level of the house.
Whether you call it topsy-turvy or upside-down, that’s what life feels like right now but it will all be well worth it when the project is done in November. Maintaining some kind of normalcy will be the goal. Let’s hope we can accomplish that.
Monsoon
I’ve never experienced a summer quite like this one in my thirty years of living in Minnesota. We’ve been having a downpour nearly every afternoon, even if there’s no rain in the forecast in the morning. The rain is torrential, coming down in inches at a time. It reminds me of the daily afternoon rains in the tropics and it’s very weird to experience so regularly in this part of the world.
All I can say is if this continues through the winter we’re in big trouble because one inch of rain equals four inches of snow. I suppose we should brace ourselves for what’s to come and be thankful that both of our vehicles have all-wheel drive.
Moonbeams
My Mom's friend and neighbor of almost a decade, Pat, is leaving their retirement community to move in with her daughter in Tennessee. After the worst of the panic was behind us, in 2021, my Mom started sitting outside in the evenings with a few of her friends to socialize.
Over the years this has become a ritual. The ladies, including my Aunt Betty eventually, named their social group, "The Moonbeams" and even though they gather in the full light of the afternoon now the name has stuck. The social circle meets almost every day during the summer to keep up on the goings on in the retirement community, laugh, and help solve the world's problems. I've been trying to convince them to bring the group inside during the winter months when social isolation can have its greatest impact. Hopefully they'll decide to do that.
We worked together to have Grok design a logo for the group and had it put on a T-shirt as a going away present for Pat. Eventually we'll get one made for each of them. I, personally, think they should all pick up and instrument and start a band—The Moonbeams has a nice ring to it after all. Best of luck with your next chapter of life, Pat!
All for now. Thanks for reading and enjoy your weekend!