Category: Life
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Tink
Snapped this one last week on the couch. Uploaded in LightRoom and did auto correction and denoise. Not a bad model, she doesn’t talk back!
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On shutter speed
I told you this is so basic and a journey. I am learning everything from scratch here. Last week I was messing with manual mode taking self portraits trying to experiment to better understand how the camera works and how settings effect the photograph. I setup my tripod and camera in the kitchen area with…
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Photography Journey
I’ve been sitting on a digital camera for more than a decade and during my time at Bitcoin Magazine, I had the opportunity to invest in a newer camera to take product photos with. Fast forward to today and I have finally gotten the itch to learn about photography. I was compelled to take some…
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Confirm Bulk Action
Deleting 919 filters from Gmail and marking all emails as unread. Wish me luck. Here’s to setting up a better system. This will be painful.
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Reflections and Resolutions 25/26
I can only describe 2025 as a year of hills and valleys, mostly very dark valleys, but also some very bright hilltops. I would describe this year as a Mike Tyson year; you know the old quote, “Everyone’s got a plan until they get punched in the mouth1.” It was a beatdown, but in the…
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Apple Pie
In the summer of 2024 I got down on my knees and prayed to god for a sign that I was on the right track. I asked deliberately and specifically for apple pie to be the sign. Since then I have seen apple pie in the wild, and i have even ordered apple pie, but…
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Boomerang
I’m reading a book that’s referenced daily by Clancy, The Game Of Life and How to Play It by Florence Scovel Shinn. In chapter 3 or 4 she speaks about the boomerang law and the exercise of swapping out the word Lord for the word Law when studying the Bible. It’s fascinating how it reads.…
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On Changing Your Interests
Priorities have a way of changing. It doesn’t happen overnight, but one day you wake up and the passions that once consumed you seem less important. My focus, for instance, has shifted away from the material world—our Lord, of course, remains the constant. This change of heart is happening for me in real time. Over…
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Confirmation Log
I was talking with Clancy a couple weeks about synchronicities, specifically about James recurring over and over, she mentioned that when these things happen, it is God talking to us and we need to listen and that it would ve wise to document these happenings in a confirmation log, aka a log that confirms in…
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Timing
Here’s your copyedited version with a smoother flow while keeping your authentic voice: I prayed three times a day—got on my knees, cried, and found my faith. At first, it was hard for me to even ask. I still struggle with asking for help, but over time I learned that He is my Father, and…
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The Writing Is On The Wall
I didn’t know “the writing is on the wall” had biblical origins, but of course, it does. My interpretation of the meme was something simply coming to an end, but the internet robots are telling me it has more negative connotations, like doom, failure, or an inevitable downfall. So, I was wrong in my understanding…
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Bible Front to Back
Today marks the completion of a task I never thought possible, reading the entire Bible. Technically it was a mixture of reading and listening but I did it. What started as a plan to read it front to back in 1 year, I finished in 1 year 21 days, not too bad. The past year…
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Reflections and Resolutions 24/25
As I look back on 2024, I can’t help but also reflect on 2023. Where was my head at this time last year? How have I changed over the past year? What went according to plan, and what didn’t? For weeks, I dreaded this reflection because I knew there would be many failures or stalled…
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Bring me a treat
Over the past month, Wifejak has been all the rage on Twitter. Stereotypical one-liners from wives around the world are being celebrated through this mutated Wojak meme, and honestly, I’m not mad about it. It’s the first wholesome meme I’ve seen in a while. As a man with a wife, many of these hit extra…
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Brainstorming Zines
Since leaving Bitcoin Magazine this summer/fall, I’ve had time to reflect and, more importantly, reboot. By the time I left for a new career in oil and gas, I found myself pretty black-pilled. To be clear, Bitcoin Magazine wasn’t the black-pill—no, that was actually quite fun—but part of the job was being chronically online and…
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Quadraginta
For some, the mental idea of turning 40 is terrifying. The thought of going “over the hill” is like some death spiral of irrelevance, old age, and weakness. Well it happened to me and I can say without and second thought that I am in no way feeling a death spiral. I am now stronger…
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On Being Optimistic
Looking back on the past four years, I feel a mix of emotions. I grew very angry with the world and was constantly reminded of its harshness. The truth is, that’s no way to live. While reality often feels like a constant gaslighting, with nothing seeming to improve, there are silver linings everywhere. Recently, I…
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Desktop Zero
It’s happening—the zen of cleaning your desktop. Is there a better feeling than emptying the recycle bin? I don’t think so. With a clean desk, we’re ready to fill it up again. The key is to put systems in place and create easy-to-access default folders. Convenience often leads to dragging files to the desktop, but…
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Detoxification
I am in pursuit of more faith and hope in the world. The past four years have been absolutely brutal on my mental health. While many blessings have occurred during this time, I am now facing the reality of what I have become: toxic and blackpilled. This is not the person I wanted to become,…
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Golden Retriever
JBR is working on an album. Here is one of the songs from it titled Golden Retriever. And yes, I am over here crying. She’s putting together a whole album, can’t wait to put it on a CD for her.
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Career Advice
Sometimes in life you get advice you don’t want, you don’t need, or don’t deserve. What you do with the advice is up to you. When you’re presented with career advice at a young age, you either take it or leave it. I personally regret not taking some advice, although I wouldn’t be the person…
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Chapters
The end of one chapter is the start of another. This week, a significant chapter at BM closed with the departure of a valued colleague. It’s always hard to lose a partner, especially someone you collaborate with so closely. We’ll look back on this period and appreciate the moments we shared. Each magazine we produced…
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Plans of the diligent
“The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; But of every one that is hasty only to want.” Proverbs 21:5 KJV I’ve been diving deep into the world of digital marketing, particularly focusing on growing accounts and selling through social media. In this journey, I’ve crafted a straightforward business model aimed at building a…
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Pausing Projects
I’m hitting the pause button on a few projects to focus on crafting my life funnel. This means I am no longer publishing weekly Beefcoin updates and I am no longer tracking the weekly Bitcoin Twitter drama on Orange Label. While those were “fun” projects, they are not adding to my life in a meaningful…
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Life Funnel
In business, a funnel takes a prospect from awareness to action. What if you applied this to your life? Meet the Life Funnel—a strategy to achieve your goals with the precision of a funnel (very precise). How It Works Why It Matters A Life Funnel keeps you focused, organized, and motivated. It turns lofty goals…
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Summer Camp Simple Cipher
My big gal is entering her second week of Summer Camp which means I’m already missing her. At the last camp we made hand signals so she could relay messages to us via the camp photographer. It worked magically. But this camp we wanted to have a little more fun. We do have a chance…
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Thumbs Up, Peace Sign, and Okay
Summer camp… is there anything more American? I never got the chance to go to summer camp, it just wasn’t a big thing where I grew up, but today this is a very big thing for my kids. We are coming off our first week of both kids being away at camp and the emotions…
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Slaughter False Prophets
I was at a crawfish boil over the weekend and had the great pleasure of speaking to a mutual friend’s father about the world around us. He is a blue-collar Southerner, and he reminds me of my own father in many ways. We began the oral tradition of sharing political beliefs, and I received a…
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Barbed Wire Psyops
I can’t help but feel apathy. My entire life has been under a government that lies to gain more control, yet days like today spark some hope. But it’s all psychological torture. The state pushes its limits – let’s say, takes 10 steps forward. Then, when people push back, claiming it’s too much, the state…
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Soulbound
An unseen battle of cosmic proportions, the very essence of our being is at stake. The forces of darkness, led by the ruling elite, are seducing us with earthly riches, alluring us into relinquishing something far more precious than materialism—our soul. These dark agents work to oppress and enslave, hoping to weaken our spirits and…
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Trebuchets
I wept today. I stood in the gym staring face to face with myself in the mirror and wept. I saw flashes of my family tree. I felt the pain and sadness of death, of lost loved ones, of great distances traveled, of horrors, and I saw love and tenderness and all the joys of…
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On imposter syndrome
In consolidating writings from old blogs and came across this post from July 15, 2020. When I look back on the[my] world back then, much has changed but the pain body remains. It’s weird how the devil will sabotage you, misery loves company after all. This post was written because I was getting ready for…
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Visions of a magazine
In my recap and resolutions for this year I included a desire to build a magazine. As I mentioned, I did not launch in 2023, but I did identify what I would focus on if I was to ship a magazine. This post will serve as a place to keep thoughts and updates on this…
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Reflections and Resolutions 23/24
Another year of memories, accomplishment, setbacks, love, and sorrow. Regardless of how things look on paper, this year will always be remembered as a year of tremendous personal growth. I remember early in 2023 making some goals on Twitter, but my account was banned for posting a guillotine on an evil woman’s timeline so I…
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Fellow Frogs
This post was originally published on Citadel21 in Vol.21 Fellow Frogs, As we continue our march towards freedom and encounter “the next great thing”, a crisis looms — the Federal Reserve system is crumbling around us. It is imperative to remain steadfast in our ways and stay true to what we hold dear: truth. We…