Sometimes I just love my notifications

“Bitcoin Skyrockets to a Two-Year High! 🚀🔥”

This is the kind of updates I would release only in the final hours before the green light. Management fees are the main weapons for ETF issuers.
I wouldn't have expected so low fees.

I hate to hear about the Coke addition, even if you admit it.  There are likely ways to drink something else, even carbonated water.. and yeah, it will not have the same effect.  Maybe go to 1 coke per week and then 1 per month and then maybe no cokes for a year or more... and then maybe you might consider if you want to come back to them..  It's like people drinking redbull and knowing that they are addicted and knowing that there are harmful ingredients.

I did not really drink coffee in my youth, but then I did go through some phases in my 20s and 30s, but then I would also get irritated when I was around people who insisted that they had to have coffee before they could do anything, and so maybe that was not nice behavior from me.

I did go through many years that I was drinking coffee but I was adding Bailys to it and butter and heavy whipping cream.. and then I started to NOT add bailys to it and then I started to think that drinking so much coffee was turning my teeth yellow... and maybe messing with my sleep.. so I stopped the daily coffee around June, and it seems to be better for the teeth.. and using that whitening toothpaste... .. but surely my teeth mouth and breath are not as nice as it was when I was younger, so sometimes it is tempting to just go back to drinking coffee, but I am going to stick it out a bit longer.. and just consider it as a once in a while thing rather than part of my used-to-be daily routine.. and by the way, I probably was doing the baileys, butter and heavy whipping cream for close to 10 years..and I was thinking that it was good for me.. but I think there was too much of a glucogenetic effect.

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You can do mineral water that is carbonated, and that is o.k. It is the ones with sweeteners (or non-sweeteners or whatever extra flavorings) that are bad for you.

Saturday post. OK let's talk flicks.

I haven't found anything worthwile recently, except Sisu.  A one-against-the-nazis gory cartoon set in Finland during WW2, halfway between John Wick and Tarantino.  Shallow and enjoyable.

7/10, maybe 8/10 if it bears re-watching in a couple years or so.

I gave up coffee for a few months.
You first get horrible withdrawal headaches, really different than a normal headache. It was quite a surprise as I only used to drink 1 cup of coffee per day and maybe 2 cups of extremely weak tea.

In the end it felt like it made no real difference to me as coffee only gives me a calm short energy boost and never interfered with sleep, and I actually only had negative effects giving it up, such as more irregular bowel movements that were a bit harder to endure also.

I also spoke to my doctor about caffeine a few years ago and he reckons the whole "I stopped coffee and this is what happened..." YouTube viral stuff is just a fad and exaggerated nonsense mostly.

As long as you don't drink more than 1-5 cups of coffee per day or so I doubt it has a significant effect on your health.
Like anything, excessive consumption of anything will cause problems somewhere.

Also, black coffee has virtually no calories so it works well with a diet etc.

I drink 2 large cups of coffee per day and non caffeinated rooibos/redbush tea.
All with sweeteners.
These are not necessary perhaps and some people reckon they are cancerous garbage.

Still, I reckon this is much less worse than excessive alcohol or smoking.

Since going back to coffee, I actually really enjoy the process of making filtered coffee.
I have an old fashioned filter machine (with the paper filter things).

Taking it off my rental list after what you wrote.

Hollywood has become pretty pathetic in many ways. Look at the director of the upcoming Star Wars Rey movie.
They are off their heads. Completely lost the plot to the point they think it's fun irritating the last remaining fans.

I think when things became too easy for them (unlimited money for the execs) things turned to shit mostly.
The original blockbuster movie makers laid foundations during difficult circumstances (Spielberg / Lucas / Cameron), often having to
compromise and make things work with a limited budget which made them more creative, instead of less.
Those days are gone.
There are still a few gems in amongst the sea of lazy attempts. I enjoyed Top Gun Maverick in 2022 and John Wick 4 and Gran Turismo in 2023.
If you want horror check out Pearl, which was decent (made by A24) or The Black Phone (by Universal which appears to be subscribing less to the woke agenda and thus I think will survive).

However, the most impressive movie for me recently has been Godzilla Minus One.
Delivered with so much passion and conviction. It doesn't even matter it's in Japanese.
Epic movie, great ideas with some superb shots.
A rare one that gets better the more often I watch it.
Damn perfect movie really.
It seems to have some of the best inspiration from Spielberg that I have seen that almost surpasses the originals
(Jaws & Jurassic Park mostly, even a hint of Saving Private Ryan is in there).

Mathematically, the projection of these number series is $36280 by halving, but I don't want to believe this number (too small).
If by a % of prior ATH, the repeat of prior 'arrangement' (between the prior ATH in 2017 and 49% of it at halving in 2020) is even slightly smaller at $34236, which also feels a bit low.

IMHO, 45-55K is where we should 'aim' at.

Of course it is. I said Trustworthy...
 

JustIN Bieber: Exceptional Trustworthy Females (ETFs) win approval.

I am mentally ready for a 10K daily up-candle...soonish.

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I have memorization problems, but it seems to me that brother RichieT is the one you're looking for.
Sorry if i was wrong, though.

All I remember from Knight Rider is a music refrain and lights...those lights...oh my!

where am I and where am I flying to?