Travel through the world, or mostly Finland, and check out the more awkward, hilarious, gross, painful, and creative competitions. Pillow fight, air guitar, cheese rolling, wife carrying, extreme ironing, beard and moustache, toe wrestling, shin kicking, phone throwing, tuna tossing, worm charming, ugly stuff, Santa Claus workouts, torture or transcendence races, rolling in the grits, bog snorkeling, get your nails done

Fossils and fossil fuels, oil to plastic creation, history of oil, geopolitical impacts, greener and safer energy sources, nuclear energy, lack of recycling and unsustainability, single-use issues, carbon credits, we all have to want less waste less, technology has to slow its pace, humans consuming plastics, smog, carbon dating is disappearing.

Reflectors on the road, avoid counter-steering when hydroplaning, the sweet spot for ambient temperature differences to minimize heat loss in your home, good locations for space heaters, heat pump frion gas (new blend) versus forced air systems, a cold dam and the only rainforest in the USA, Vogue editor from NC passes away, quality of NC is UNDERRATED. *NSFW

Meteor showers, dark sky finder, environment turbulence and interference, night mode on smartphones, photography science, technology mimics the eye and brains but extremely advanced, tips and techniques for use of DSLR or mirrorless cameras, tripods, lenses, manual mode, shooting in raw versus jpeg output, temperature control, aperture, ISO, exposure, star trails, artistic and dramatic photography, do other intelligent life forms exist?, great filter theory.

Storing digital data in plant DNA, Crispr technology DNA sequencing, reducing carbon dioxide emissions, making cities more green, forget about supply chain issues, Data Garden company, using bioluminescent plants as light bulbs, growing furniture instead of of cutting down old growth forests, cultured meat, Singapore serving up lab chicken and beef, reducing dependence on inhumane animal farms, cryptocurrency FTX debacle, cryptocurrency exchanges, lost investments, the market will rise again so keep investing.

Death and taxes, tax break opportunities, charitable donations, real estate, depreciation, 1031 exchange, business expenses, sports team ownership, tweaking stock investments, capital loss deduction, long term versus short term capital gains and tax rates, "buy, borrow, die" strategy, securities backed line of credit, step up basis, trusts, Newcomb-Benford Law and tax fraud.

Book "Lifespan" by David Sinclair, aging is a disease per the World Health Organization, survival kit, DNA, histones, sirtuin proteins, mTOR, AMPK, calorie restriction, exercise, metformin, rapamycin, NAD nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, cigarettes and sunscreen, aging forever.

Litter tax for any truck owner without a bed cover since trash flies out all the time, police ticketing quota, driving and consuming refined sugars the dumbest things humans do, the epicenter of sweeping governmental impact are passionate individuals, Black Lives Matter, politicking and lobbying for introverts, vertical over horizontal development, automated driving is all or nothing because of morality of death debate, humans are the wild card.

What NOT to do when lost on a hike, what to do: 1. have portable phone charger, 2. have warm dry clothes, 3. stay with your group. Coordinating life with kids, taxes and 2 factor authentication are tedious, stock order types based on Barchart support and resistance prices, put options versus lower buy limits, hearing your own voice, discomfort with change confused with dislike, the feel of big and small vehicles, sense metrics, parking formula

Mulch Glue (PS. I hate mulch). Smell sense varies, where to find free landscaping materials, HOA is annoying, mulch bed siding or pavers, mulch glue vs. rabbits, hard to measure with the eye, forests are spectacular piece of life, Frisky Business, bermudagrass and zoysia and fescue, time is most valuable, company stock when it's bought out by stock exchange or cash (Mandiant), SPAC units, wildlife at the poles, travel Matrix style.