The Washrack
Gold to Silver Ratio and Francis Hunt
The person most on point right now is Francis Hunt as the Gold Sniper. His technical analysis with the Gold to Silver ratio is telling about the smack down we in the West have been experiencing–keeping the precious metals price too low to prevent us from seeing how much purchasing power we’ve lost from endless wars. Tom Bodrovicks is also an admirable YouTuber, especially–
–with his Palisades Gold Radio channel. His guest list and interview style is better than any mainstream media pundit. Francis’ site is worth a look: especially with Bill Holder in a more recent video:
This video above should knock your socks off.
Are you In it To Win It? Then Sunday nights should be spent watching Steve Barton. If you don’t know what RSI, the Stochastic indicator or the MACD crosses are, you don’t have to know, because Steve has the best chart presentation making it easy to see when it’s a good time to get in to buy. His breadth on commodity stocks is a nice spread and the time stamps with the symbol descriptions on the progress bar make for easy fast forwarding to any position you have.
Fortunately, most countries aren’t engaged in ridiculous energy policies and know a good value when they mine it–and here’s just a great example of bringing a guest on, such as Matt down below to take a deep dive into coal:
Let’s not forget David Morgan:
I’ve just been sent to the hallelujah mountains with Jordan’s channel of being able to get past all the financial terms to do thoughtful analysis on the miners–and he breaks down all the gobbledygook financial values into an easy to understand whiteboard analysis in plain English. Check out these gold nuggets as the Mining Gold Monkey:
Do Fortuna’s executive board need be paid north of one million? What about future production? What about the so called “safe jurisdictions?” Jordan’s got you covered in this recent video:
It’s hard not get captured by his subtle but infectious excitement during his breakdown analysis. Step over from Bitcoin and the sinning side to the winning side.
Indeed, Google has finally taken away the restrictive barriers of entry into the world of radio and television–and has allowed anyone to transmit their world view in podcast style over the internet–and to make a living at it without having to be censored by media holding conglomerates. God bless the Freedom of YouTube! Go Indy and be your own commentator!
For me, I love being published on Amazon and Audible. There are no middlemen between me and my writing.
Most of those I admire sit behind the wheel of a large automobile.
To Thine Own Self Be True
- The Man in the Glass
- When you get what you want in your struggle for self And the world makes you king for a day
- Just go to the mirror and look at yourself
- And see what that man has to say.
- For it isn’t your father, or mother, or wife
- Whose judgment upon you must pass
- The fellow whose verdict counts most in your life Is the one staring back from the glass.
- He’s the fellow to please – never mind all the rest
- For he’s with you, clear to the end
- And you’ve passed your most difficult, dangerous test If the man in the glass is your friend.
- You may fool the whole world down the pathway of years And get pats on the back as you pass
- But your final reward will be heartache and tears
- If you’ve cheated the man in the glass.
Productive or Destructive?
I feel creative and most productive when I’m on the way to a movie I want to see. Recently, it was on the way to the Dune 2 movie. Better go see it now ’cause it’s leaving the silver screen after this weekend! Don’t worry, it’s available in DVD already!
As for time of day, I’m most productive from 3:30 AM to 9:30 AM. Lately. Note that I live in Hawaii, and many of us on Oahu, in Honolulu, are among the happiest residents of any state. Even if we have strange sleeping hours. Residents of the Fiftieth state are coming in a close third to Utah, the second happiest US residents at number two, and Massachusetts, Boston, numero uno! Who knew? The World According to Briggs doth know if you check him out on YouTube.
The best of times or the worst of times can be found by my alarm clock. If I punch in PM and not AM when I’m really tired, waking may not be my most productive time–sometimes staying up late can be productive–especially for renaming files or doing busywork. It never ceases to amaze me how much of life is busywork. Especially in editing tasks on WordPress or in rendering on Movavi for posting a YouTube video. Anyway, lately I be doing most work early, and 10 am seems like time for a nap.
The Mountain
Daily writing prompt
Write about a time when you didn’t take action but wish you had. What would you do differently?
The photo above of Mount Rainer is from Pier 64, miles away from the beautiful spring flowers that bloom in fiery colors all over the scenic drive around the side of the mountain. My mom asked me if I wanted to go on a scenic drive around the mountain when I was visiting them in Seattle around 2006. Being self-centered and without regard for my Dad’s feelings on the suggestion, I said no. I said no about five times–as my mom wouldn’t let up.
Now that my dad has passed, I sadly realized I lost the opportunity to share a wonderful experience with my parents, and take some great pictures. Below, is a shot of Dad when we as a young family toured the Rockies in Colorado. I’m sad dad–I missed out on being with you on a scenic drive around “The Mountain.”
Send the Treasury Secretary
Daily writing prompt
Describe a random encounter with a stranger that stuck out positively to you.
We passed the basket as we do every day at our meeting. A man who I had not seen at the meeting before, came around to me as I was sitting next to the treasurer and handed me a coin as the treasurer was busy counting the paper dollars contributed. I looked at the coin. It was a dollar. A silver dollar. The date was 2012. That was my sobriety birthday year. I got the message immediately. It wasn’t a coincidence or an accident about the coin he handed me. It was the last coin I had used to buy a rock by a dealer on the street in San Francisco. My hard work and goodwill was coming back to be after I had lead a meeting twelve years later.
I looked at the date again. Here was a birthday coin with so much more power than a typical chip or medallion. I had to keep it. I handed a fifty to the treasurer and said this was a late contribution. I knew this silver dollar would soon be worth fifty dollars and that this talisman would be the beginning of a new life of abundance.
The message on every anniversary coin given to an alcoholic at every announcement of clean time rang true through my head as I put the coin in my pocket.
“To Thine Own Self Be True.”
A Man of Masks No More
Daily writing prompt
How have you adapted to the changes brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic?
I left my job in San Francisco as well as my Heart during COVID. I’m still trying to recover my nesting instinct and pushing Newton’s Law, “A Body at Rest Tends to Stay at Rest.” and the laws of the conservation of energy! Thank God for Zoom and the upsides to WFH, Work From Home!
The Douglas Meriwether Griggs Memorial Bridge
Daily writing prompt
If you could have something named after you, what would it be?
If I were a bridge, I would look at it such as in Charlotte’s Web, with wonder and curiosity, but aimed at the bridging the purposefulness in bringing people, goods, and services together for increased ease in time savings, higher contact and connection between two shores–very similar to the purpose behind the San Francisco Bay Bridge and Golden Gate Bridge.
Plus it’s fun walk, jog, or bike over them!
I love tunnels too. If I had to be a tunnel, I’d like to be the new one across the Patapsco River in the Baltimore Harbor. Apparently, once a tunnel is longer than a mile, the cost of constructing a bridge gets cheaper. My favorite Bridge Tunnel system in the US is the Chesapeake Bay Tunnel going into Hampton Roads, VA. It reminds me of the Key West structure linking it to the mainland south of Miami. Growing up on the East Coast, I crossed a lot of bridges and tunnels. The purpose of these bridges linking barrier islands and crossing inlets to the mainland seemed vital and necessary, but I think go under-appreciated and taken for granted. This thought goes a long way into our collective US social memory complex.
It’s kinda like the Dali hit us with a pointed reminder how complacent we’ve become on something important like our infrastructure in seaport spans. I hope we wake up to the reality of how much we need to do to bring us back to First World expectations–and not just move paper around in leveraged derivatives.
We can always catch a ferry, but indeed, the clock it ticking. . .
“No” Is a Complete Sentence
Daily writing prompt
How often do you say “no” to things that would interfere with your goals?
The above photo is a pretty dramatic depiction of clearly saying “No.” in being asked to do something, such as climbing up an extinct volcano in the middle of the Pacific Ocean! But is this consistent with my goal to stay active after 65? Didn’t I say to myself I wanted to keep fit and flush my system with oxygen and get my blood pumping. Damnit. Yes, I did. Well, what am I waiting for?
(Hint: It helps to surround yourself with younger folks; or those who run marathons or swim and surf.)
The Kokohead trail was an emplacement for munitions and guns to protect Oahu in wartime from enemy attacks by sea. The incline railway was to bring up the heavy equipment but it’s now used as a scenic overlook to see both sides of the island. Average time up to the top is 45 minutes. I say average. I’ve slipped down to an hour and ten minutes last time I did it. I need to bother Luis to see when he wants to go again–and not chicken out a zero dark thirty on a Sunday Morning!
Hard work pays off. I don’t get something for nothing!
Fortunately, I haven’t had to say no to climbing the crater because Luis hasn’t called me lately. I think it’s time I asked him what he’s doing next Sunday–and yes it’s Easter!
Rainbow Warriors
“It’s raining!” “So what? It’s Hawaii!”
The gentle morning rains can sometimes feel annoying at first blush, but very soon the sun comes out and we get rainbows. Lots and lots of rainbows. There really can’t be a more beautiful immediate outcome from our morning winter rains here in Waikiki.
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The Dao of Doug: A Bus Driver's Perspective 