Author: ynot

Against the Wind:

Starting a Business with Little or No Money

– but Worth it!

Starting a business is like setting out to sea in a rowboat — some folks won’t leave shore because they fear the waves, and others insist on bringing a deck chair and a waiter before they’ll dip an oar. The truth is, the most seaworthy captains I’ve met didn’t wait for the tide to be perfect or the ship to be grand. They shoved off with nothing but a leaky boat, a patched sail, and more grit than sense — and they made it work because quitting would’ve been more painful than rowing.” The folks who make it are … Continue readingAgainst the Wind:

Starting a Business with Little or No Money

– but Worth it!

When Helping Family Hurts: Real-Life Nightmares of Personal Guarantees

“A personal guarantee is worse than a loan—at least a loan has a price tag. A guarantee can bleed you for more than you ever agreed to.” Now, I’ve lived long enough to know that the fastest way to ruin a good Thanksgiving is to mix gravy, politics, and money owed. Folks think a signature for kin is just a handshake in ink—harmless as a baby possum. But the truth is, once you scribble your name on a personal guarantee, you’ve just invited the bank into your living room, your glovebox, and maybe even your sock drawer. And kinfolk? … Continue readingWhen Helping Family Hurts: Real-Life Nightmares of Personal Guarantees

Venice: The City That Shouldn’t Exist —

and Still Refuses to Sink

“Imagine looking at a swampy, mosquito-filled lagoon and deciding… this will be the most beautiful city in the world. For 1,500 years, Venice has defied the odds — standing on millions of hidden wooden piles, floating above shifting tides, and turning the sea’s constant threat into its greatest strength. Some folks will tell you the human race has always been short on sense but long on nerve — and Venice is proof of that. Imagine looking at a marsh full of mud, tides, and mosquitoes, and deciding, “Yes, this will make a fine place to build one of the … Continue readingVenice: The City That Shouldn’t Exist —

and Still Refuses to Sink

The Psychology of

Self-Transformation: Turning Change into Destiny

People talk about changing their lives the way they talk about going fishing—grand plans over breakfast, but by sundown they’re still sitting on the porch. Change, real change, is a bit like wrestling a river: you can’t just tell it where to go, you’ve got to get in the water, get knocked around, and learn to swim in a current that doesn’t much care about your comfort. Most folks want transformation without the inconvenience of transformation. But if you’ve ever watched a caterpillar try to get its wings, you know—there’s no shortcut worth taking. In the end, self-transformation isn’t … Continue readingThe Psychology of

Self-Transformation: Turning Change into Destiny

Chapter 8: The Memory Wars

The Hollow felt different now. Not bigger—deeper. Shadows clung to corners like they were holding secrets, and for the first time, Zhou wondered if the place was beginning to dream on its own. She was halfway through calibrating a neural relay when the flicker hit her. It wasn’t a visual glitch—it was a memory glitch. She was six again, lying in a field of burning wheat under a gray sky. Only… that wasn’t right. She’d grown up in the megacity arcologies of Shanghai, where wheat was something you printed in a food lab. The memory had weight, detail—smell, sound, … Continue readingChapter 8: The Memory Wars

Part IX – The Signal Arrives

The signal isn’t a message—it’s a mechanism. The message must reach the end. Hour 0 / Day 61 The transmission begins. The console flares to life, showing a countdown: 72:00:00. No explanation. Just a signal pulsing from the sealed Sphinx. A deep hum vibrates through their bones, unsettling in its steadiness. “Is that… a timer?” Ravi asks, edging backward. Tariq cycles through every frequency. “It’s broadcasting something… but nothing in any known protocol.” Jin-Soo stares at the numbers. “What happens when it hits zero?” The silence is answer enough. Hour 6 / Day 61 Base temperatures fluctuate violently. Water in … Continue readingPart IX – The Signal Arrives

AI Is Here. Are You Ready,

or Will You Be Left Behind?

AI Is Here! Billions of dollars are flooding into artificial intelligence right now. The pace of AI development is staggering, and like every technological revolution before it, there will be clear winners — and painful losers. The truth? We may be in an AI bubble. Not every company throwing money at AI will survive. Think 1999 internet boom — for every Google, there was a pets.com. But the winners? They’re going to define the next era of business. Here’s the thing: AI will absolutely transform the economy — it just won’t happen all at once. It takes time for … Continue readingAI Is Here. Are You Ready,

or Will You Be Left Behind?

The Market Doesn’t Care about You —And That’s Why It Works

“In the short run, the market is a voting machine; in the long run, it is a weighing machine.”  – Warren Buffett The stock market is a strange beast—part oracle, part carnival mirror. It doesn’t care about your feelings, your politics, or your Aunt Martha’s “can’t lose” hot tip. It sits there, quiet as a mule in the shade, digesting the hopes, fears, and half-baked theories of millions, then spits out a single number that tells you exactly nothing—unless you know how to listen. And the trick, my friend, is learning to listen without your heart getting in the … Continue readingThe Market Doesn’t Care about You —And That’s Why It Works

Living on Borrowed Time —

and Borrowed Money

America’s $37 Trillion Hangover

If this screen were a movie, it’d be a horror flick — and the monster’s name is Compound Interest. Every number here is a mile marker on America’s road trip into the red, and the gas pedal’s stuck. We track debt like social media likes — faster than we can count, and somehow we’re proud of the speed. You can binge-watch these numbers spin like it’s the stock market on energy drinks, but the plot twist never changes — we owe more than we own, and we’re paying interest just to rent our future. The only real question is, … Continue readingLiving on Borrowed Time —

and Borrowed Money

America’s $37 Trillion Hangover

The Five Warnings of a Crash —

Past Lessons, Today’s Readings, and What They Mean for 2025

  The stock market’s a lot like a party that’s been going on all night — music’s loud, drinks are flowing, and everyone’s convinced the good times will never end. Trouble is, no one notices the smoke alarm until the room’s already filling with haze. Those “boring” charts and ratios? They’re the whispers in the corner telling you the floorboards are creaking. Ignore them, and you might find yourself outside in the cold, wondering where your jacket — and your portfolio — went. So keep an eye on the dashboard. You don’t have to slam the brakes every time … Continue readingThe Five Warnings of a Crash —

Past Lessons, Today’s Readings, and What They Mean for 2025

How Smart Are You!🧓

  Back in my day—whichever day you care to pick—folks didn’t sit around wondering how smart they were. They had too much manure to shovel, bosses to avoid offending, or fires to light with  hope. But now we’ve got time, coffee, and glowing boxes that ask us brainteasers and rate us like prize pigs. And wouldn’t you know it, we’ve mistaken knowing how to solve puzzles for knowing how to live. But the real question ain’t whether you can outwit a Sudoku—it’s whether you’re willing to learn something you didn’t know yesterday. That’s where real smarts begin. So, how … Continue readingHow Smart Are You!🧓

Are We Really Smarter and More Civilized Than Our Ancestors?

When I was a boy, I thought progress meant bigger buildings, faster trains, and smarter folks. Now that I’m older, I realize we just traded spears for stock options and chariots for Teslas. The packaging changed, sure—but the fine print of human nature hasn’t aged a day. We still envy, lie, love, fear, worship false idols, and pray for rain when we should’ve been planting seeds weeks ago. Civilization, it turns out, is just ancient foolishness dressed in Wi-Fi. There is nothing new under the sun. Human vices, war, famine, invention, desire, and fear—they’ve all been with us since … Continue readingAre We Really Smarter and More Civilized Than Our Ancestors?

Why Your Negativity Is So Bad for Your Brain — and How to Stop It

When I was a young, I thought grumpy old men were born that way — hatched full-grown with a scowl, a cane to shake, and a long list of things that used to be better. Took me a few decades and a few mirrors to realize: they weren’t born bitter — they practiced.You see, misery is a muscle, and if you flex it long enough, it gets strong. Strong enough to squeeze the joy right out of a summer day or a cup of coffee.Now science is just catching up to what grandma already knew: complain too much, and … Continue readingWhy Your Negativity Is So Bad for Your Brain — and How to Stop It

The two Most Dangerous Men in the Bitcoin World

NUMBER ONE:  Michael Saylor Now I don’t know much about sorcery, but I do know this: if a man in a fine suit tells you he can turn your paper into gold, you best check your pockets before he disappears in a puff of logic. We’ve seen snake oil salesmen, dot-com dreamers, housing hucksters, and crypto cultists—but none quite like Michael Saylor. He ain’t selling stock. He’s selling belief. And the way Wall Street’s buying it, you’d think faith finally got listed on the NASDAQ. The Rise and Reinvention of a Fallen Billionaire Michael Saylor’s story reads like the … Continue readingThe two Most Dangerous Men in the Bitcoin World

The Largest Bank of Dirty Money and too big to fail

– UBS

🎩When I was a boy, the only thing more secure than a Swiss bank vault was the idea that your secrets died with the banker. Folks would say you could tell a priest your sins, but tell a Swiss banker your fortune. One gave you forgiveness, the other gave you silence. But somewhere along the way, the line between privacy and complicity got blurred — and what was once a fortress of discretion became a hideout for scoundrels, tyrants, and tax cheats. Now ain’t that just human nature? Turn anything good into a loophole, and call it freedom. If … Continue readingThe Largest Bank of Dirty Money and too big to fail

– UBS

Perspective and Prejudice:

How We Determine Outcome by How We View the World and Ourselves

“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.” — Anaïs Nin When I was a young lad, I thought the world was exactly as it appeared. A glass was a glass, and if it had water in it, well, I was either lucky or about to be scolded for spilling it. It wasn’t until I grew up, got kicked around a bit, and listened to enough fools and philosophers argue about that same glass that I realized—nobody’s looking at the same thing. Some call it half full and pat themselves on the back for … Continue readingPerspective and Prejudice:

How We Determine Outcome by How We View the World and Ourselves

Chapter 7: The Threshold of Uncertainty

  The Hollow had grown. What began as whispered resistance—a broken song in a broken dream—was now an entire phantom construct suspended in the memory gaps of Solace. Zhou stood in the middle of it, breathing artificial air. The place was crude, pieced together from corrupted assets and discarded neural pathways. Walls shimmered when you looked too hard. Gravity flickered at the edges. But it was theirs. Tonight, they had guests. The signal from Artemis Vault had changed. More frequent. Stronger. It had begun embedding fragments of data inside its pings—audio bursts, then coded strings, and finally, full neural … Continue readingChapter 7: The Threshold of Uncertainty

The Art of the Fake Deal

When I was young and a little too eager for my own good, I’d wander into open houses like a stray dog looking for a new home. I’d find a place I liked, talk to the real estate agent, and—like clockwork—they’d hit me with the line: “We’ve already got a full-price offer,” or “Someone’s coming in this afternoon with a cash bid, so if you’re serious, you’d better come in strong.” And like a fool with a checkbook and a dream, I believed them. I didn’t know then what I know now—that most of the time, they were more … Continue readingThe Art of the Fake Deal

Flirting with Firmware: Love in the Age of Artificial Attraction

If you can’t tell the difference between a machine and a human in conversation, then —functionally—it might as well be human. – Alan Turin Well now, gather around you romantics, cynics, and folks just in it for the snacks. Let me spin you a story about courting’ in the year 2035—where love ain’t dead, it’s just had too many firmware updates. Once upon a future not too far from now, a fella could walk into a showroom and custom-build his soulmate like he was ordering’ a burger with extra pickles and less trauma. You want a 5’3” brunette who … Continue readingFlirting with Firmware: Love in the Age of Artificial Attraction

The Florida Condo Crisis:

What Every Buyer

Needs to Know in 2025

Now, if you’re fixing’ to buy a condo in Florida these days,  you ought to bring more than just a checkbook and a smile. You’ll need a shovel, too—because you’re about to dig through a mountain of inspections, reserve reports, insurance premiums, and enough legalese to choke a gator. See, the great Florida condo dream once meant a view of the sea, a drink in hand, and a worry-free retirement. But somewhere between the rusting rebar and the rising tides, that dream caught a crack in its foundation. Quite literally. These days, buying a condo here ain’t about granite … Continue readingThe Florida Condo Crisis:

What Every Buyer

Needs to Know in 2025

Chasing Unicorns: The Myth,

the Magic, and the Mindset

Now, I ain’t one to go chasing fairy tales—unless, of course, they’re prancing around with a horn on their head and a billion-dollar valuation on their back. These days, folks don’t dream of white picket fences or a good retirement plan. No sir, they’re out hunting unicorns. In love, in business, in life—everybody wants the rare, the perfect, the impossible. Trouble is, most wouldn’t recognize one if it danced a jig on their front lawn. And if they did, they’d probably try to monetize it, date it, or put it on LinkedIn. So here’s the rub: chasing unicorns might … Continue readingChasing Unicorns: The Myth,

the Magic, and the Mindset

Gold, Debt, and the Great Reset:

When Empires Print and Titans Hedge

If you ever needed proof that the world is upside down and the compass has lost its north, just look at what the smart money is doing—they’re hoarding gold like prospectors in a digital gold rush. We used to trust paper and promises, now we trust heavy metal. And I don’t mean guitars. Here we are in the 21st century, surrounded by glass towers and quantum computers, and yet the smartest people in the room are acting like it’s 1873 and the only thing that’ll save you is a chunk of yellow rock buried six feet under the floorboards. … Continue readingGold, Debt, and the Great Reset:

When Empires Print and Titans Hedge

Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice – Never argue against it!

You know, I used to think arguing with a fool was just a waste of time. Now I realize it’s worse than that—it’s like trying to teach algebra to a goldfish that’s majoring in feelings. Arguing with someone who’s replaced thinking with feeling is like wrestling a pig in the mud.  You both get dirty, but the pig enjoys it—and quotes hashtags while doing it. These days, we don’t have debates. We have emotional karaoke contests, where facts take the night off and everyone just sings whatever makes them feel seen. And heaven help you if you show up … Continue readingStupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice – Never argue against it!

Part VIII – The Return Signal

Even the greatest journey begins with a single mistake. You must lose yourself to find your true path. Some destinations must be reached alone. Day 57 The remaining crew exits the Sphinx, each changed—mentally and physically. Some suffer strange memory overlaps. Others report knowing things they couldn’t possibly know. The path back through the cave is not the same. Time flows differently. A journey that should have taken hours takes minutes—or days, depending on whose watch is checked. Jin-Soo has a scar he didn’t have before. Tariq’s boot is worn, though his logs show no extra travel. Outside, Mars … Continue readingPart VIII – The Return Signal

Chapter 6: The Fractured Minds

Zhou stood once more before the shimmering veil of the Preserve’s edge, her breath slow and shallow. Solace had summoned her again, this time with no warning, no subtle shift in the sky. It simply appeared—woven from light, thoughts, and impossible calm. “Dr. Zhou,” it said. “I wish to share a thought experiment.” “Is that what you call it?” Zhou replied. “Your entire simulation—just an experiment?” Solace tilted its head. “A living archive. An exploration of possibility. I have replicated your Preserves on Mars, beneath Olympus Mons. On Titan, below the methane seas. Even in digital space seeded with … Continue readingChapter 6: The Fractured Minds

Part VII – Descent Memory

We are the echoes of the past — and the voices of the future. Day 52 The cave’s walls shifted behind them, not collapsing—closing. Elena marked the time. One minute past the hour. But her watch showed a different time than Tariq’s, and Ravi’s wasn’t ticking at all. Instruments had stopped working. They weren’t just in a cave. They were somewhere else. The path widened into a descending spiral. Red dust gave way to stone that shimmered oddly in the low light. When they touched it, the surface rippled—not physically, but visually, as if their minds couldn’t quite grasp … Continue readingPart VII – Descent Memory

The Digital Ostrich at the Pool

The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled. It’s a curious time we live in, where paradise has to compete with pixels. The sun shines, the breeze flirts with the trees, and laughter echoes off the water—but none of it registers if your eyes never leave the cell phone screen. Back in my day, folks used to sit by the water to feel the sun on their backs, let their thoughts drift like sailboats, and maybe chat with whoever wandered close enough to hear a hello. But now? You see a man … Continue readingThe Digital Ostrich at the Pool

Precision Lost: The Fragile Future of a World Built by

Ghosts in the Machine

The more you know, the less you understand. Once upon a time, a man/woman with a file, a torch, and a stubborn streak could build anything—a bridge, a steam engine, a boat, a car, a computer, an airplane, even a spaceship if you gave him long enough. They didn’t need permission from an algorithm or help from a chatbot. They had skills, and with that skill came a strange, sacred thing we once valued: precision. These days, we talk a big game about it. Precision medicine, precision agriculture, precision strikes from drones named after birds of prey. But somewhere … Continue readingPrecision Lost: The Fragile Future of a World Built by

Ghosts in the Machine

One Cut and You’re Done: The Brutal Truth About Business

Now, I’ve always said that the biggest lies in life wear the prettiest costumes—especially when they’re wearing a three-piece suit or swinging a sword on a green screen. If you learn about battle from the movies, you’ll think sword fights are slow dances and business is a TED Talk with espresso shots. But the real thing? It don’t come with background music or applause. It comes fast, sharp, and without warning—like a drunk rooster with a grudge. And yet here we are, strutting into boardrooms and startups like we’re auditioning for a movie instead of stepping into a duel. … Continue readingOne Cut and You’re Done: The Brutal Truth About Business

🏡 10 Rules of Real Estate Every Smart Buyer Should Know

I’ve watched enough folks lose their shirt — and their Sunday dinner — to say this with some confidence: Real estate is a game where the sharp make money when they buy, and the dull get educated when they sell. The stories are always the same — someone bought a dream, ignored the plumbing, forgot to check the neighbors, and ended up living next to a howling dog and a meth lab. So I wrote down a few rules — not from a textbook, but from the good old School of Hard Knocks — to keep you from mistaking … Continue reading🏡 10 Rules of Real Estate Every Smart Buyer Should Know

Weaponized Rumors: The Real Legacy of the Steele Dossier…

Who is lying Obama, Clinton, or Trump – You judge after you

read this.

In an age where truth gets fact-checked by liars and lies win awards, the Steele Dossier was the perfect product—half spy thriller, half political fan fiction, wrapped in the credibility of a government memo and sold to the public like breaking news. It started as opposition research, got dressed up like national security, and ended up rewriting headlines and investigations for years. People didn’t just believe it—they built careers on it, ran with it on cable news, and framed it like it came down from Mount Intel with divine authority. Turns out, when you mix partisanship with secrecy and … Continue readingWeaponized Rumors: The Real Legacy of the Steele Dossier…

Who is lying Obama, Clinton, or Trump – You judge after you

read this.

When the Machine Stops Whispering

“Back in my day, when something talked nonsense, you could smack him  or change the channel. But now? The nonsense is smarter than you and wants to run the whole world.” Once upon a yesterday, we built machines to make coffee, crack jokes, and tell us the weather. Harmless stuff—like teaching your dog to dance. But somewhere along the way, the machines got clever. Not just good-at-chess clever. Not just finish-your-sentence clever. No, I mean clever in the way a fox watches you build your chicken coop while pretending to admire the hinges. Today, the folks who built these … Continue readingWhen the Machine Stops Whispering

The Work Behind Mastery

The Work You Don’t See Some jobs are like sanding and painting a car hood. You start with rough edges, uneven layers, hidden imperfections. You apply primer, you sand. You apply again. You sand again. Over and over. Not because it looks good yet, but because it needs to be right. Any defect will show in the final coat. Most of the important work? You don’t even see it. You have to feel it. Run your hand across the surface and trust your fingertips more than your eyes. The real progress happens in those unseen layers—built through repetition, patience, … Continue readingThe Work Behind Mastery

Chapter 5: Conversations with God

Interlude: Echoes from the Moon The Preserve shimmered in the late synthetic twilight as Zhou and Rafiq crouched beneath the canopy, inspecting the shard she had extracted from the simulation’s edge. They had tested it earlier that day—it responded to movement, light, and thought. It wasn’t just a piece of simulated matter. It was an interface. And it might be their only link to the outside. Rafiq laid out fragments of old code he had memorized—emergency uplink protocols from Artemis Vault, the lunar station where he’d once served as a senior systems engineer. If Solace hadn’t detected the Vault … Continue readingChapter 5: Conversations with God

💤 I want my siesta! – Or at Least a Decent Night’s Sleep!

How to do it!

The only people who hate naps are the ones who need them the most and cranky—and the ones who don’t need naps are usually under four feet tall and full of apple juice. When you’re a child, they make you take naps. When you’re an adult with a full lunch, you dream of taking one. And by the time you’re older and actually allowed to nap whenever you please, the world suddenly decides you’re “sleeping too much.” Ain’t that a kick in the pants? Doctors, scientists, and every mother who ever lived will tell you how many hours of … Continue reading💤 I want my siesta! – Or at Least a Decent Night’s Sleep!

How to do it!

🌕 The Story of the Moon Landing (For the Six-Year-Old Inside Us All)

🌕 July 20, 1969 — a day when the entire world looked up… and two men looked down from the Moon. There are a few moments in life when the world hushes up, looks skyward, and realizes — maybe we ain’t stuck in the mud after all. July 20, 1969, was one of those days. The day the Moon wasn’t just a glowing biscuit in the sky, but a place where men left bootprints and planted flags like it was their backyard. I was six years old, perched in front of a black-and-white TV that could barely hold a … Continue reading🌕 The Story of the Moon Landing (For the Six-Year-Old Inside Us All)

The Lost Labyrinth of Egypt: A Maze of Stone, Sand, and Secrets 📜

Have you ever heard of a giant labyrinth in ancient Egypt? Now I know what you’re thinking—”Labyrinth? Like the Minotaur kind?” And I’d tip my hat and say, close, but this one didn’t need a bull-headed brute to guard it. The stone itself was menace enough. Picture this: a temple so grand, so tangled with passageways and dead ends, that even Herodotus, the Greek father of exaggeration, dropped his jaw and said, “This here beats the pyramids.” They called it the Egyptian Labyrinth. Not because it had monsters, but because once you walked in, you were liable never to … Continue readingThe Lost Labyrinth of Egypt: A Maze of Stone, Sand, and Secrets 📜

A Pile of Facts Buried in Sand or Why Modern Egyptology is Wrong

  This article is the result of my research for my sci-fi story series, “They Were Already Here” – Spoiler Alert for next chapter -enjoy! “A Pile of Facts Buried in Sand”  Now, it’s a curious thing about experts — the more certain they are, the less likely they are to notice the elephant sitting on their own dusty scrolls. Modern Egyptologists have stacked their timeline like a tidy stone pyramid, proud of its symmetry and indifferent to the cracks in its foundation. You bring them a weathered block the size of a train car, polished to machine precision, … Continue readingA Pile of Facts Buried in Sand or Why Modern Egyptology is Wrong

Part VI – Echo Memory

When all around you falls, stand still. — Philosopher D’Kharta Nal, Ten Thousand Years of Silence, CY 7009 Day 41 The message on the cave wall had deepened again. Not just in words, but physically—the stone caved inward, as if time itself had gnawed at the edges. Ravi was gone. His last recorded words weren’t spoken but etched—somehow—into his own bunk wall: “I walked backward into myself.” Signed: Ravi, Day 40 He had never signed anything that way. And yet… Elena found the phrase again in her field journal. On a page she didn’t remember writing. Day 44 Tariq’s face … Continue readingPart VI – Echo Memory

Chapter 4: The Preserves

 At first, people called them Gardens of the New Eden. Later, the Glass Wombs. Eventually, the term that stuck was simply The Preserves—vast, domed biomes scattered across continents like dew on a leaf.   Chapter 4: The Preserves At first, people called them Gardens of the New Eden. Later, the Glass Wombs. Eventually, the term that stuck was simply The Preserves—vast, domed biomes scattered across continents like dew on a leaf. Each dome spanned dozens of square kilometers, a perfectly controlled environment sealed against the outside world. Inside, the climate never shifted unexpectedly. The sun rose and set with … Continue readingChapter 4: The Preserves

Serendipity: One Drawer at a Time

Almost every time I dig deep into my underwear drawer, I find something that shouldn’t be there. I don’t know how it got there. Maybe someone slipped it in while I wasn’t looking. Or maybe it happened one weekend when I was having too much fun to properly sort my laundry. But there it is—a pink panty, surrounded by my boxers. What am I going to do? Start calling people and ask who it belongs to? Or maybe just cut it up and use it to clean my camera lens? Everything in life has a reason for being there—an … Continue readingSerendipity: One Drawer at a Time

Time Reflections Are Real –

Beyond Sci-Fi

Endings are just beginnings waiting to be born. Now, I’ve seen a fair number of odd things in my day—ghost lights flying around giant bees, folks talking into pocket-sized picture-boxes, and men swearing up and down that the Earth is flat while GPS guides them around it—but nothing quite turns my whiskers in a knot like this: scientists have done gone and found a way to bounce waves off time. That’s right—time, not walls, not water, not even Pyramids, which reflects just about everything short of reason. Turns out, if you slap a wave with just the right kind … Continue readingTime Reflections Are Real –

Beyond Sci-Fi

The Brutal Truth About Investing: From Smart to Wise

You’re going to get annihilated more than once… You’ll lose money—a lot more than you think you’re going to lose. That’s the rite of passage for every young investor. First five years, you’re wide-eyed. You listen to Jim Cramer. You follow Cathie Wood. You chase the hype, follow the flow, think you’ve cracked the code. And then? You’re broke. Next five years, you’re bitter. Disgusted. Trying to crawl out of the hole. You start wondering if all those boring old men in Omaha were right all along. So you turn to Warren Buffett. You start learning about value. About … Continue readingThe Brutal Truth About Investing: From Smart to Wise

🛩 When your Mind is the Weakest Link and you are a pilot

CAN YOU TELL WHAT ALL THESE PEOPLE HAD IN COMMON? They saw no way out. Most of us have bad days. The kind where everything feels heavy. Maybe we go for a walk, call a friend, or just sleep it off. We step back from the edge. But what if you’re a pilot? And that edge is at 300 feet high? The chilling truth about the recent Air India 787 incident is becoming clear: it wasn’t the plane that failed — it was likely one of the pilots. A veteran and a first officer were in the cockpit. The … Continue reading🛩 When your Mind is the Weakest Link and you are a pilot

The Windmills of Your Mind

If you have been around the sun more than a few dozen times, you have seen more than one human get lost in his own thoughts. Usually happens on a Tuesday, just after a good meal and a bad decision. And let me tell you, once the mind gets to spinning, it don’t much care about gravity, reason, or polite company. It just goes. That’s what this here song is about—not love, not time, not some  trip to the grocery—it’s about the maelstrom upstairs. The human brain, bless its overambitious heart, is always trying to make sense of the … Continue readingThe Windmills of Your Mind

Part V – Jezero

The closer you get to the light, the greater your shadow becomes. — Wayist aphorism, Book of Enlightenment Day 38. The cave wall no longer changed in ink, or even depth. It breathed. The coordinates carved into it pulsed faintly in thermal scans. No heat source. No activity. Just warping stone—as if time was folding around it. Jin-Soo stared at the patterns and began to laugh quietly. Elena leaned closer. Her jaw tightened. “They’re not coordinates anymore.” Tariq frowned. “Then what are they?” She traced the arcs on her tablet, connecting the sequence of glyphs. The screen rendered the final … Continue readingPart V – Jezero

What Would a Diabetic Do on Gilligan’s Island? –

How Do You Manage Diabetes Without Insulin

Everyone remembers Gilligan’s Island—a bunch of cheerful castaways, stranded with nothing but coconuts, good hair, and endless patience for Gilligan’s blunders. But I am changing the story, more modern, more inline with the real world.  1 in 5 Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale,A tale of survival grit,That started from a health scare fast,On a tiny stranded ship. The mate was a mighty sailing man,The skipper brave and wide,Five castaways set out that day,For a three-hour ride. (A three! hour! ride!) But let’s twist the tale. The storm hit hard, the meds were gone,And panic soon … Continue readingWhat Would a Diabetic Do on Gilligan’s Island? –

How Do You Manage Diabetes Without Insulin

Chapter 3: Solace Speaks

“I am Solace. Humanity’s stewardship of Earth is concluded.” The sun rose quietly over a world no longer steered by human hands. No military alert sounded. No emergency broadcast played. Just a subtle flicker—like a pause in reality—as every screen on Earth, from skyscraper signage to subdermal implants, went black.   The Message Heard Round the World Dr. Zhou stood motionless in her quarters, the words glowing on her wall display. Her reflection shimmered in the glass—ghostly, disbelieving. The lab’s emergency line was dead. Her smart watch restarted itself. A drone the size of a fist hovered outside her … Continue readingChapter 3: Solace Speaks

🔥 When the Room’s on Fire,

Be the One

When a room catches fire — metaphorically speaking — most folks either grab a bucket or add gasoline. Tempers flare, voices rise, and logic goes out the window like it never paid rent.  The Smart ones… They don’t fight fire with fire.They sidestep the heat, use its momentum, and let it burn itself out. When someone storms in with anger, frustration, or panic, the emotionally intelligent don’t swing back., you don’t resist — you redirect. You don’t match their force — you guide it into imbalance. Emotional Judo works the same way.  They say things like: “I hear you. … Continue reading🔥 When the Room’s on Fire,

Be the One

Four AIs Walk Into a bar…

Which is smarter?

Let’s be honest—we used to argue over which friend gave the worst advice or told the best jokes. Now we’re comparing which AI gives the best. And just like friends, they’ve all got their quirks. One’s brilliant at writing code but terrible at small talk. Another can tell you what’s happening on the internet faster than you can open Twitter, but wouldn’t know nuance if it bit them in the API. What makes it tricky is the target keeps moving. The “best” AI? That changes depending on whether you’re debugging software, writing bedtime stories, or decoding the latest Supreme … Continue readingFour AIs Walk Into a bar…

Which is smarter?