The good news is I got a job offer. The slightly less good news is that it pays less than my former job but I’m ok with it for a few reasons. First, the team I will be working on seems great. I interviewed with four people and they were all funny, enthusiastic, and very…
Month: October 2025
Zepbound: My Health Journey – October Year 2
Great news, I’ve lost more pounds and I’m now down below 265. I’m now lost over 40 lbs in about 18 months and am feeling better. The body changes continue, my current face no longer matches my passport photo from a few years ago and I now fail at facial recognition at the airports overseas…
$5000 Left In Unemployment Benefits
I’ve now collected about $10k of unemployment benefits. It’s been great to receive “free” money although it’s not really free, on any given year, I’ve paid at least $100k in federal income taxes over the past couple of decades so it’s good to get some of that money back. Ironically, I’ll need to pay taxes…
Here Is Why Inflation Terrifies Me
The delayed inflation report came out today and, in my opinion, it had bad news for everyone. But what caught my eye were two headlines on CNBC (links below). Inflation at 3 Percent The first article on CNBC has the inflation breakdown but the headline is that inflation for September came in at 3 percent….
Net Credit Collars On NVIDIA
I continue to be extremely concerned about the over valuation of stocks but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a way to make risk free money. So far, I have net credit collars on GLD, IWM, IBIT, and recently added more NVDA. Mechanics of Trade Here’s a walk through of the trade. The net credit here…
It’s A Tough Job Market Out There
While I was traveling through Europe and Asia, I did end up doing some interviews with a few companies. I actually have another interview on Friday but the job market is the worse that I’ve ever seen. I’ve also had quite a few people ping me that I haven’t spoken to in years asking if…
Zepbound: My Health Journey – September Year 2
I am a little late getting this out, I’ve been traveling for almost two months now. I took 8 shots of the autopens with me and I’ve burned thru them all but one which I will use next week. The good news is that I have lost weight while traveling. It hasn’t been hard, I…
Locking 15% to 25% Return On Gold Miners
Even though I’m in Asia, it doesn’t mean I’m not trying to make money. Gold continues to go to the moon and it’s a great time to profit from all the momentum and speculation. I’ve written about my first gold collar on GLD here and so far so good, it’s risk free money. I also…