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Isn't Bawb a Gen Xer? While he may not be an ambitious Boomer, neither is he an Uber-lazy Millennial incapable of cooking for himself.

He could try making some real carnitas, the basis of the best tacos.
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Cut 4-5 lbs good fatty skin-on bone-in pork shoulder into 3" pieces after removing and reserving the skin. Salt liberally, and fry in enough lard to cover. Don't skimp on the lard.

After it's a nice brown add about a cup of orange juice (preferably fresh-squeezed, 3/4 cup of Coca Cola (preferably non-HFCS Mexi-Coke) and 1/2 cup evaporated milk along with a whole large onion, a few cloves of garlic, the juice of a couple of limes and a herb bundle. Oregano and bay leaves are standard. No cilantro though. That goes on later with chopped raw onions as a condiment. Likewise no chilies. Place skin on top and cover.

After it is back up to a boil, reduce the heat to a low boil (just over a simmer), and cook for at least a few hours (or overnight) until the juices are reduced to a thick gravy, enough to keep the meat moist while basically frying in the lard again. The meat should be super tender and moist, similar to what Americans call pulled pork.

Serve by cutting the pork, a chunk at a time, and some of the skin, into small pieces across the grain and piling on freshly made (or at least reheated) corn tortillas garnished with chopped raw onions, cilantro, pico de gallo, salsa verde (mmm, chili de arbol), etc.

Leftovers can be frozen and reheated by frying in a little of the lard and moistening with a little of the juice. The bulk of the lard can be reserved, frozen and used for your next batch.
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These are not to be confused with TV-cooking-show/foodie website/Youtube bullshit. These are real Mexican carnitas, cooked the way experienced Mexican mamas and vendors make them.

They're best made in a heavy cast iron pot but a good stainless steel stockpot with a thick enough embedded aluminum bottom will do. Ideally they should be made over an open fire.

Haiku Friday now
Instead of haiku Sunday?
Or 13th only?

Weak hands RIP
Hope you don't become bitter
Like Kwuck or Roach.

Don't worry hodlers
Bitcoin will rise up again
As it always does.

Good morning Bitcoinland. Happy Friday the 13th.

We may be a bit lower than at this point yesterday, but with a different perspective. Instead of being down a couple of grand, we're up a couple of grand from an all-year low... currently $5748USD/$7960CAD (Bitcoinaverage).

This smells like capitulation to me. We've had former hodlers break down and sell the dip (my heart weeps for you). We had massive volume. We've had a sizeable correction back up. We had gnashing of teeth and wringing of hands. Looks like up to me.

Go Bitcoin go.


I don't think you understand what we mean by hodling.

The word was first coined by Gamekyuubi in a drunken typo-filled rant during the bursting of the late 2013 bubble. He basically said that he wasn't panic selling and was going to hodl with the implication that the price would rise again.  

It has since become a symbol of long-term belief in the importance and durability of Bitcoin. It implies that one has invested in Bitcoin for the long term and that short-term price fluctuations are immaterial.

It contrasts against tarding, which is gambling on the price of Bitcoin for the purpose of achieving fiat currency profits by buying and selling bitcoins utilizing short-term price fluctuations.

Hodling doesn't mean you don't use bitcoins.

I consider myself a hodler because most of my coins are in cold storage that I've made inaccessible even to myself without a fair amount of travel and trouble (for security reasons).

I still buy coins when I can, most recently right here in the jungle from a friend who was cash strapped and needed air fare to fly to Canada to straighten out a financial matter. She sold me back some of the coin I paid her for my first property here.

I have used coins to pay for land, dental work, musical instruments, travel, and the general costs of living an enjoyable life.

I carry a paper wallet with me when I travel with enough coin to cover an emergency and several empty paper wallets so I can sweep and return what's left over several times if necessary.

Hodling doesn't mean not using Bitcoin. It simply means not tarding.

Makes you wonder about Greta Thunberg. She must really hate COVID-19.

It knocked her right off of the front pages. Now all the worrywarts have something else to fuss about.  

 

BSV?

No shortage of tp here in Quintana Roo.

We're flying up to Toronto in a couple of weeks. I don't know if the tp panic has hit there yet but maybe we'll bring a couple of huge suitcases full of the stuff back with us.

We'd be bringing them back empty anyway. We always bring down a couple filled with stuff it's hard to find down here.

Hopefully there's no limit on how many rolls you can legally bring back.

Tp smuggling. Who'da thunk it?

Good morning Bitcoinland.

Actually, not so good if you have to sell some coins but great if you can buy... currently $6192USD/$8530CAD (Bitcoinaverage).

Capitulation? Hopefully. We'll see.

Meanwhile the right-twice-a-day gang are having a ball.



...when the halving comes their mommies and daddies will send them straight to bed because they're silly little teddy bears.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZANKFxrcKU

Not toilet paper though.

Proles.

Good morning Bitcoinland.

Sideways... $7860USD/$10804CAD (Bitcoinaverage).

Ho hum.


Employees.

Good AM Bitcoinland.

The battle for $8k continues... currently $8088USD/$11045CAD (Bitcoinaverage).

Right back where we were before yesterday's dip.

Meanwhile we're another day closer to the halving. Tick tock.


ftfy  

Pokémon? Lawl. Barely less retarded than Youtube.

What we see here is the rapid devolution to Ideocracy.

At least the 3 Stooges had a little wit and subtlety.

 

Don't worry. I'm not going to un-discover Bitcoin.

As soon as I heard about Bitcoin (from a friend telling me about Silk Road) my #1 priority was to accumulate as much as I could afford.

The only time I ever sold any coins unnecessarily was a mere 10 coins at $155 each during the "dead cat bounce" in April 2013. I bought 15 back at $97 shortly after. That was my only foray into tarding instead of hodling.

Now I buy whenever I can during a dip and only sell when I absolutely must. This has worked out very well for me. I'm stress-free and wealthier than I ever dreamed possible considering I didn't start until shortly before my 65th birthday.

Life is good.

As it always has been.

I wish I'd been informed about Bitcoin before January 2013. I'd be rich now instead of merely comfortable.

Good morning Bitcoinland.

The dip continues... currently $7736USD/$10513CAD (Bitcoinaverage).

Bitcoin, the stock market, crude oil are all down. Does this mean the dollar (and other fiat) is rallying?

Excellent time to sell your overpriced fiat.


I'll munch ribeyes and filet mignon. Maybe some carnitas too. Yum.

Seeds? Aren't they livestock fodder?  

Good day Bitcoinland.
Seems like we've regressed to the
Battle for 8 grand.

Currently we're at
Eight one three six Yankee bucks
(Bitcoinaverage).

Back to where we were
Some time in January.
Oh well, no big deal

It is still true that
One bitcoin's worth one bitcoin
Holders are happy...

Holding and living
Happily ever after.
Life is very good.

They get it all right... advertising... slick advertising and lots of it.

That "somehow" is the same somehow that makes Mcdonalds taste so delicious. Seeing people sitting in the window at Starbucks with their Macbooks reminds me of kids at Micky D's. Look at me aren't I cool?

Some folks prefer real food.

Android is an operating system. The actual cellphone hardware varies greatly from manufacturer to manufacturer.

Sure you can get an Android phone for 1/10th of the price of an iPhone and it will work just as well (actually better because you can maintain anonymity and avoid signing into Daddy Corporation's site altogether) but it probably won't last as long before the charger jack starts acting up.

You also have the option of paying 1/2 or 3/4 as much as an iPhone for a higher quality Android device that will outlast your iPhone while also maintaining anonymity and independence and not being insulted by having messages tainted with crApple advertising ("sent from my iPhone", etc.)

My Sony Experia Z2 Ultra is over a half dozen years old and still works great except for a cracked screen. My Samsung (non-Android) Rugby flip phone is so old almost all the finish has worn off right down to the aluminum-magnesium alloy case. Brick shithouse. Cost me <$100. Still my main phone, only one with a SIM card.

I'll be honest. I look down my nose at crApple products... high price, low quality. Back before the turn of the century it was easy to laugh at Mac users with their under-performing Motorola and IBM CPUs and software designed for the technologically inept.

Even after they upgraded to Intel silicon, they were a source of amusement. I remember a post to the OCZ SSD forums back in the early days of consumer SSDs. Someone wanted to know how the Mac version of the original Vertex differed from the normal version. One of the OCZ engineers replied that it had identical hardware and firmware. Only the label was different... and of course the price... the Mac version cost >$100 more.

One born every minute.

Good morning Bitcoinland.

Still over $9k I see after a wee dip under and back up... currently $9080USD/$12177CAD (Bitcoinaverage).

No problem.


Pretty well so far. Of course the Jays are in the middle of a total rebuild.

The big news is top pitching prospect Nate Pearson who has been dominating. In his first appearance he struck out the side (all Yankee major leaguers) on 12 pitches. He has yet to allow a run in 3 appearances. Many believe he will be a homegrown workhorse ace like Dave Stieb or Roy Halladay.

He's big, has a triple-digit fastball and a hard breaking pitch with tons of late movement and possesses a strong work ethic. He's said to be mature beyond his years. Will hopefully be called up sometime this season. Gotta get that extra year of team control though.

Slugging first baseman Rowdy Tellez has come into camp in much better shape. He only lost a pound but described it as losing 15 pounds of fat and gaining 14 pounds of muscle. He also is realizing he doesn't need to swing for the fences to hit it out. His strength should allow him to tighten up his swing, improve his average to all fields and still get lots of HRs and extra-base hits.

Vladdy Guerrero has also arrived in better shape and is looking to improve on what was for him a disappointing rookie season.

Veteran journeyman Joe Panik, signed to a minor league deal has been impressing everyone with his defense at short and stands a chance to make the team as a utility infielder.

Other than that, it's what you'd expect. Veteran pitchers like Ryu and Shoemaker are working on extending pitch counts, youngsters like Thornton are working on new pitches, and hitters are getting their at-bats.

We'll all see how this works out in 3 weeks. I'll be flying up in time for the home opener. Same seats as the last few years, behind home plate but just enough up the 1st base line that the ump doesn't block my view of the strike zone. Good view of the Jays pen and dugout.

Play ball!