The 3-day windstorm has passed. Gusts of over 90 mph were clocked on top of Dory Hill Mountain as the storm pushed over the Continental Divide.

A pure happiness in the Mountains.

Success is often a factor of conviction, and how long you can stay convicted to a particular project or goal. The other side of success is choosing the right things to be convicted about. One of my most helpful convictions, the one that keeps me focused, is being Bitcoin Only. It keeps me out of a lot of trouble.

Hard to beat a 4 mile morning drive to the school with no traffic and views of the mountains.

"No good deed goes unpunished" is an odd frame and cynical. Being helpful can backfire, but it's a much better frame to walk around with.

Confusion can hide ignorance but only for so long.

Unwanted communication directed at the masses has cause great harm over the years.

Fermentation has begun.

The season goes by fast once it starts. Finished the 2025 season 7-2. My boys had great year and we'll need to step it up next year to replace our 7 seniors.

Like a painting over the Divide.

Thanksgiving preview on the drive to work today.

Seeking novelty has proven to me to have diminishing returns over time. I drive the same car I wear the same clothes I eat the same meals I travel to the same places I have the same friends I invest in the same asset

I like investing in things I don't plan to sell. My People My Community My Cabin My Health My Wealth

Playing the game with probabilities, not defined rules.

Saw a Moose drop by the school from my classroom window.

Players: We all deal with adversity. What kind of adversities do you want? Is it the adversity of high achievement or the adversity of underachievement?

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It's hard to know all the rules before you get started. The rules are confusing on purpose to protect those in power. Old: Know all the rules before you play the game. New: Get in the game and learn along the way.

Core vs. Knots rules. From the casino gaming industry to the football field, I'd say I've been trained to be a rule follower. In both disciplines, there are many hard rules, even stupid ones, that are so dumb they really shouldn't be followed but must be to play the game. Inside systems like this, unwritten soft rules have room to proliferate. Unwritten rules are more subtle and harder to follow, and are often more punitive or rewarding when broken. At the same time, these soft rules are often the easiest rules to break and get away with. When complexed rule based systems are used, it's hard to catch those that want to take advantage of the system. It creates many rule breakers. Stytems based on large sets of rules are a cat and mouse system by design. Sometimes you have to put in extra hard rules in systems like this because many people will try to take advantage the others who are playing by both the hard written rules as well as the unwritten ones.

Football in the mountains. First snow on the field this season.