Halloween In Full Swing At Bohemian Valhalla

 

The Man's Mobile Walker from the VA arrived on our Doorstep Yesterday, Dr. Kline ordered it for him, it's the first free one we've had, we didn't know the VA even provided them until recently.  We'd always bought his and both we have are quite worn out, the rubber on the Wheels practically gone from all the use over the Years we've had them.  We take them with us to things like Parades becoz each also has a Seat built in and a compartment to store things under the Seat and in little Pouches.  The VA provided a much nicer one, it has all terrain Wheels and is sturdier built and a jazzy Color instead of Grey/Black they usually are.  *Smiles*  He needs and should use one all the time but of coarse he doesn't, too Prideful.  But he'll want to show this one off for a while so may use it more at first anyway?

Got my Oil Change done, they said my tires just needed rotation, they didn't see any damage so apparently I only thought I saw that I picked a small Nail up or it fell out?   It's all still Free since they Comped me a lot of Service when I bought the Truck.   I got there when they first opened and so I got done right away, no real long wait and they serve complimentary Gourmet Coffee so I had a couple of Lattes while waiting and to get my motor running for the Morning.  *Smiles*  Then I did the Kiddos Grocery Shopping with their Food Card and saved them $39, coz I'm a frugal Shopper and why they send me instead.  *LOL*  I had Five Bags of Groceries, one full Bag with Meats which included Steaks, for barely over $100 and got everything on their List plus some BOGO Freebies. *Drops the Mic*

So, everything was One and Done by 10:00 a.m..  Nice to have everything accomplished early in the Morning.  I could do more, but, will I?  *LOL*  I do have some Inventory to Price and bring in to the Showroom, another Vintage 1970's Doll, she has Dark Hair, the others were Blonde, and she's a Ballerina that the same Donor handmade an Outfit for too and put her on a Doll Stand.  {See Below}  Where the other Two Vintage Dolls by Mattel Talked, this one spins if you press her Pink Tiara on top of her Head and her Feet are Pointed Ballerina Style on her tippy Toes.   She's a 1978 Dancerella Doll by Mattel.   For Vintage Dolls of their Era, someone took good Care of them all and they never look played with, just Displayed most likely?  I figure before the Holidays, stocking up on Vintage Toys is a good idea.  In the 1960's they had a similar Blonde Doll called Dancerina, but by the 1970's they did come out with more Diverse looking Dolls that weren't all White-bread.

I think I already told you that Princess T's Boyfriend Rusty probably spent all his Money on that Girl for her Birthday?  *LOL*  She once lamented he's always broke and I queried, "Oh, he's not good at Managing Money then?"  And she deadpans, Oh No, he is, he just spends too much Money on ME.  *Bwahaha*  OMG, that was hilarious, I don't Care who you are!  The Bouquet her Mama got her was Gorgeous {Below} but didn't last long, the little Roses faded and wilted way too fast, but some of the other Flowers lasted longer.  It was a Sweet little Bouquet tho', just disappointed that it began looking Sad just a Day after she presented it, should last longer than that IMO.   Well, at least we got some good Pixs of it when it was still presentable looking and Princess T usually Dries her Roses out and prefers them Dried and hanging upside down like Herbal Bunches from her Walls or Ceiling anyway. 

She grew up watching me Dry Flowers and Herbs and hang them, as well as making Sage bundles for Smudging, burning Aromatic Resins, and Woods like Palo Santo and various Incense Sticks, Cones and Resins.  We're always burning a Scented Candle, Incense or Resins since we like our Home to always smell nice.  Nothing worse than entering a Space that has unpleasant Odors that the Occupants might have become Nose Blind to but someone just walking in will smell as a real nasty Pong.  *LOL*   The VA Nurse did compliment us on how Orderly, Fascinating, Inviting and Relaxing our Home is.  And that's always the Atmosphere I strive to Create for ourselves and Guests, since Home should be a Sanctuary away from the Madness of the Outside World.  

I remember when The G-Kid Force had State Appointed Caseworkers, Therapists and Social Workers Assigned to them, for the Years they were Wards of the State, they said a Visit to our Home was always the most Relaxing part of their entire Workday.  One named Kai said it was SO relaxing that he almost always wanted to drift off to Sleep becoz he felt so at ease during his Visits!   I could tell he struggled to stay alert coz he was so relaxed, he said it was like going to a Spa.  *LOL*  I think that's why we always have a house full of people becoz they Feel at Home here and Welcome.  My Parents always told us that the Gift of Hospitality is one of the best things you can offer to anyone, Stranger or Friend alike.  My Parents both were excellent about having the Gift of Hospitality, so they set the best Example for us to emulate.   And Breaking Bread by Sharing Meals is what Binds People together most of all.

I always said that if you invited even your Enemies or potential Enemies to Dinner often, and broke Bread with them while having pleasant unconfrontational conversations together, you'd Bond easier on a Humanitarian level and probably not remain estranged or staunch Enemies?  You may never agree with everything, but, that's okay too, Civil discourse if done with dignity, respect and peacefully, seeing the Humanity in one another, can make each party at least Feel Heard, even if you come away from it agreeing to disagree amicably.  There are people I don't Agree with anything about, but I've been able to sustain a good relationship with all the same, they're just very different than me and always will be, and that's Okay.  How boring would Life be if everyone were the same, just a bunch of Copy & Paste versions of one another?

I guess Jimmy Kimmel had Four Times his usual ratings upon returning and even tho' it wasn't even broadcast, due to some Channel Bans, in 25% of the Country!!   Good for him, I missed it and don't even know if it was broadcast in our area, so, I'm gonna watch it on U-Tube instead.  I saw some Clips on The News Channels.   We need more people to push back on what's going on and make Good Trouble so that all of the Politicians realize that if they don't Serve the American People, we don't want them and will choose someone who is Serving us and not just themselves and their own Ego and Bank Accounts.   I'm fed up with Partisan Politics completely and want a solid Independent Candidate who can be President and not Partisan so that they Care more about the People, all of us, and the Country FIRST. 

 

I watched a NetFlix Comedy Special by Comedienne Cristela Alonso called "Upper Classy", it's her 3rd Special, the 1st being "Lower Classy" and the 2nd being "Middle Classy", she's very good but has Serious thought provoking dialogue in with her Humor, I like that.  Today I did go back to the Eastside Antique Mall "Everything Goes" coz I'd realized those 1960's Cracker Jack Mini Trolls are so expensive Online and that Vendor was only asking Two Bucks each and I was being a Cheapskate about getting some with the various Hair Colors.  It must have taken someone Years to amass that many of a particular Cracker Jack Toy randomly from the Boxes back then, and here I had the chance to get an instant Collection with about Six different Hair Colors they came in!

 

So, I got One of each of the Six different Hair Colors and then Three duplicates.   Coz the only thing better than having a Half Dozen of them was having Nine, for an Instant Collection of 1960's Cracker Jack Prize Toys.  *Bwahahaha*   Then The Man and I began talking about how shitty Cracker Jack Toys are now, and how when we were Kids you got Toy Prizes in your Cereal Boxes, remember that?   And I remember when my Mom used to get pieces of Kitchen Dishes and Towels in her Laundry Detergent Powder Boxes as a Premium in the 50's and 60's.  I remember she got Jadeite Dishes or Fire King Mugs, and Toys for us when my Dad would fill up with Gas, as a Premium, even tho' Gas was like 27 Cents a Gallon!!!   The Gas Station Premiums ran from the 1940's thru about the 1960's and I still have my Axelrod Mascot Basset Hound Dog Bank Toy from the Flying A Service Stations from the 1960's.  My Brother and I each got one when Dad had filled up the Car two times.

We also went to "Chino Bandido" for Lunch and brought Takeout Home for Princess T coz she Loves the Emerald Chicken with Jamaican Jerk Fried Rice.   I got it too, but also a Chile Relleno, theirs are very good.  You get a Free Snickerdoodle Cookie with each of the Meals.   I could only eat my Chile Relleno so the rest will be another Meal for Tomorrow.  The Man just had a Chile Relleno with the Pork Fried Rice.  Their Jamaican Jerk Fried Rice is da bomb tho', LOVE it.  And I learned to make their Emerald Chicken at Home, LOVE that too.   It was a good day but it was 110 Degrees, on the 24th of September, which, is just ridiculously still Hot and not Cooling down like it should by late September.   This is why we haven't been able to do much in The RV Garage Mahal yet, still like a Sweatbox in there.  Tho' The Daughter did get the Skeletons down and for now just posed them in front of the 5th Wheel in a Comical Vignette we Photographed until we dress them in their Costumes for the Front Porch Vignette as Pirates.

You can see the Skellies are having a raucous good time.  And we had a good Silly time Posing them to Amuse ourselves, The Daughter and I.  *Winks and Smiles*   We kinda wanted to do a Stripper Pole Vignette around The Man's Flagpole too, and we just might, for the Photo Ops of it all.  Before we move everything to the Front Porch Display.   We are down to only Four full Skeletons, besides my actual Medical Cadavers which I won't use Outside for Decorations, those are too expensive now to risk it.  And I haven't seen any affordable Skeletons yet, if I did, I'd of bought some more coz ours are held together with Baling Wire and shit now coz they are Old and Brittle, so Limbs and Heads are falling off and we have more Skeleton Pieces now than full Skeletons left as well that couldn't be Frankensteined back together.   Below is my "Chino Bandido" Meal.

The Daughter is really having a blast with Halloween Decorating since she missed so many Years of doing it with living Abroad where they don't Celebrate the Holiday.  The rest of the Family aren't that into Decorating for any Holiday, tho' Princess T still does Costumes and she got a Sailor Moon Anime Character Onesie Today, don't know if that's gonna be her Costume or not, it's some kind of Cat with a Tail, so Cute... I think the Name of the Character of the White Cat is Artemis Kigurumi.  I Cribbed a Media Image of it {Below}, she wouldn't let me take a pix of her in it yet.  Online it costs $85 and are always Sold Out.  I Paid $10 at her Chazza for it coz I got a Military Discount on the already low price.   She couldn't Buy it coz it had just hit the Sales Floor, and she would have to wait Three Days before an Employee can, and it would probably be long gone by then... but I saw it and Surprised her with it.   She Sleeps in Onesies coz she's so Thin she gets easily Cold and likes how Cozy they are to Sleep in.  And she looks Adorbs in it.

Below is a "Spirit Store" T-Shirt I Scored at a GOODWILL for Five Bucks, it's not my Size but I'm Keeping it and putting it on a Small Sized Mannequin.   At Retail they Sell for $25, so, I was Glad that The Man looks thru every T-Shirt in the Men's Section and spied it for us just before I was ready to go thru the Register, I hadn't seen it.  There were some Cute equally Trendy Graphics Tie Dyed Small and Medium Sized Tees I also got there that I will Sell, I Scored them for $1.99 and 99 Cents each, so, will have great Margins.  We still Sell a lot of T-Shirts and I do Hope over the Holidays Sales pick back up coz they suddenly got quite stagnant again.  I'd been encouraged when last Pay Period was relatively Strong, but it Flatlined for this Pay Period again.  And all Summer it was abysmal.   It's nothing any Vendor is necessarily doing Wrong, folks just aren't spending Money they don't have to and many are having trouble affording even the Essentials and their Rent or Mortgage and Utilities these days.  I'm sure the Utility Co. must have given themselves a substantial Rate Increase coz we're using less but it's Costing way more this Year.

I just got my Utility Bill and it's still Sky High in spite of using less than we had in 2023 and 2024 during the same time of Year!!!  And I mean it's a LOT more, so, I'm thinking I may have no Choice but to eventually consider getting Solar again to defer some of the Electricity Costs that keep escalating exponentially even as you use less Energy and try to be frugal.   Anyway, everything is increasing so it's par for direction this shitty Economy is going unfortunately and at some point little will be affordable anymore for the majority of the population.  I'm wondering what will transpire when too many people get in desperate circumstances?   Desperate People usually do desperate things.

Well, The Daughter got the Front Porch Decorated with the Skellies and it looks way better than anticipated, she did a good job!   The Costumes fit them perfectly and I had one left over that she wants to wear too when we hand out the Candy on Halloween, so she'll be part of the Theme, interactively.  *LOL*   We never have found my Halloween Tarp, no idea where we Stored it, and it's big, so it's a huge Mystery Question Mark now, WTF?!   I Photographed the Hell out of the Front Porch Vignette to Share so will do a whole Post using those Images.  The Young Prince called while we were busy doing that.  He said he'll be here for Halloween coz he doesn't wanna miss Halloween with the Family, nobody does much there where he lives, too many Fundies scared that Halloween Celebrations are Demonic.  *Bwahahahahaha*  He joked they Act like the Devil Incarnate in how they treat other Human Beings with such Venom and Hatred, yet, are afraid of a benign Holiday where they could dress their Kids up like Super Heroes and Princesses, go figure!  *LMAOROTF*

  

He only wants to come for a visit tho' and will spend Christmas there to be with Allen, they're doing better now both are Medicated.  He chose to try the Wellbutrin that Allen is on, so he allowed his Shrink to prescribe it for him too, and it actually has benefitted him greatly so far with no adverse effects.  He hasn't been on Psyche Meds since he was 15 since it was harming his vital Organs, coz he'd had to be on them since he was only 7 due to having early Schizophrenia and Dissociative Identity Disorder Diagnosis, he also is very likely afflicted with Aspergers.  He said it helps with his Depression and self-harm Thoughts mostly, not the Schizophrenic Hallucinations per se.  But, those weren't his main concerns, he's had them since he was so Young he's used to them. 

 

 He just didn't want to harm himself or others and it has helped him feel a Calmness and less Paranoia about his surroundings and People in general.  He was able to talk to me for over and Hour and be completely lucid, so I know it's helping him.   He said it's really helping Allen too, I'm so Glad, they're both nice Young Men with difficult diagnosis to manage that have no Cure.  And unlike Allen, who isn't all that Aware of how his Illness Manifests, The Young Prince is very Aware of not only how his Illness Manifests, but, everything Science and Medicine knows about the Illnesses that he has.   He does have Genius IQ so he's very knowledgeable and Self-Aware, many of us with a Mental Health Diagnosis are not, it's rare to actually be Aware to the degree you Need to be.  I know I'm often very Unaware of how I'm Presenting when I'm Off Rails.  I think I'm just Fine and not Acting Crazy at all... many would disagree with that assessment apparently.  *LOL*

I remember The Son telling me that you know why the Dangerously Criminally Insane Guy in Psyche Lockdown was Afraid of  you Mom?  Becoz he can spot someone potentially as Off Rails as he is/was, that's fucking Why!!!   And there I was, thinking, I'm Okay, I just have Caregiver Burnout, that's all, and I managed to Convince the Shrinks that's all I had too... so, The Son said that only proved I was a very successful Manipulator at being very convincing so that the Professionals thought I was just Fine... when I wasn't just Fine at all, and Insane Guy had a better Assessment of how I actually was inside my own Head??!!!   Now, that's just The Son's Take on it all, but, he could be Right I suppose?  *Bwahahahaha*  

I did know that Insane Guy didn't Scare me one Iota and that in itself is perhaps thought to be Crazy enuf?  *LOL*  Coz, he had already Killed People and was quite capable of doing it again, so was in there for his Insanity Plea Observations while awaiting Trial.  But, at the time, that didn't even phase me, I didn't wanna Live anyway at that particular point in time and had unsuccessfully tried to Die.   So, Suicide or Homicide was just semantics to me at that point on how to Exit Life.   I'm better now.  *Bwahahahaha and Winks*   Plus, that Fucker was trying to Intimidate and Bully me, so that's a Personal Trigger for me to Go Off on some Fool that tries, I'm not having it and Bow Down to no Man, never have, never will.  And I was protecting that damned Brownie that I couldn't eat anyway coz I don't even eat Chocolate!  

But, that wasn't The Point.  And The Point always matters to me even if it doesn't to anyone else and seems Crazy.   He was reaching for it without my permission and so it was gonna be a Death Match over a fucking Brownie, that I was gonna GIVE away to someone I WANTED to give it to... and yeah, in hindsight, that's pretty Crazy stuff too.  *Bwahahahaha*  Ah Well, we both Survived the confrontation, much to the Staff's Relief when Insane Guy backed down.  And, he not only left me alone after that, he didn't Bully or Intimidate anyone else while I was there, so I offered the other Psyche Lockdown Patients that reprieve and protection, that he was Fearful of at least one of us other Crazies.  *LOL*   Coz I'd just look at him with MY Crazy Eyes boring into his Demented Soul, and our Inner Demons I guess had at least a modicum of Respect enuf not to Go There and find out who was Crazier or more fucking Insane for Reals?   And for me anyway, as an Old Lady who everyone Liked, including Staff, it would have been a Self Defense Plea if I had to take him Out.   Just one more Murder Charge for him.  *LMAO*

How's that for a True Halloween worthy Story my Friends?  *LOL*  I don't Plan to go back to Psyche Lockdown anytime soon, so I do restrain myself from going Mental on anyone, tho' I have been Tested from time to time, I ain't gonna Lie.  Society out there is full of folks, especially in MAGA World, who are very threatening and try to be intimidating towards decent People.   I don't Like that, if you're a decent Human Being you shouldn't have to worry about being Threatened, Intimidated, Discriminated against, Hated, Vilified or Abused and Victimized... Period.  You should be able to go about Life in America in Peace, Love and Harmony like you prefer to and that's how I PREFER to just BE Naturally.  I do not even pretend to understand those who can't manage that, becoz it's not so Hard to be decent and Kind, it isn't.   I would assume it's infinitely Harder to be Hateful and Unkind, such burdensome baggage that must be to drag along with you everywhere you go.  And have that DEFINE you to all of Society too! 

Right now I'm Creating Two Posts simultaneously, this one, which I struggle to even finish and find a Title yet for.   And the other one with a Dozen Pixs loaded of the Front Porch Reveal from my Cellphone Images that got immediately Shared to Social Media and instantly had a Title!  When you have Adult ADHD this is not Unusual behavior, you're doing everything and nothing all at once!  I was Blogging, Decorating a Front Porch with The Daughter, and tidying the House for when the VA Home Nurse comes again Tomorrow Morning!!!   All at the same time!  *LOL*  I'm very scattered and frenetic with my Energy like that and it's how I've always been and probably always will be, so, I Roll with it, since, no Cure exists.

This has been a difficult Post for me and I don't even know Why?  Some just are.   I'm restless every time I sit down to work on this Post, the other Post I'm Chill when I sit down to work on it.   I had Fun loading all the Images, but, the Words have been in Blog Block most of the time, so, I keep coming back to it... and back to it... and trying to finish it... and so... here we now are, almost 2/3 of the way done with 8 Pixs Below me now to get to the Finish Line.  *Bwahahahahaha*  I don't wanna waste the Images or delete the whole Post and start over, so, I'm slogging along at it and not particularly having Fun with it, since, it's not flowing freely from my consciousness like it usually does.   I did watch Jimmy Kimmel on U-Tube, he was very gracious and truly emotional, it Touched my Heart, he didn't deserve what happened to him to be attacked like he was for Humor and Comedy.  If you don't find some Comedy Funny that's Okay.  Satire especially is meant to challenge you that way and push boundaries to make people Laugh at things not all that humorous really.  Often holding a Mirror up to Society for some necessary Self-Reflection.

The whole Charlie Kirk Murder was blown way out of proportion by the Far Right and the White House, it was just Weird, to some Legendary Messiah Level that they must either Believe, or, have Elevated for more Sinister Purposes IMO?  It's unfortunate for the Family of the decedent becoz of all the Controversy swirling around it now, also IMO, his Loved Ones are Grief stricken and in the Public Eye more than any Victim's Family probably ever wants to be as they Grieve.  EVERY Murder is a Tragedy, every Victim of a Crime deserves Justice and causes Pain and enormous Grief, it's a terrible way to Lose anyone.  To be present when it happens right in front of you to someone you Love must be unimaginable and beyond Traumatizing!   His Children are so Young perhaps they won't always remember being there?  But, Social Media has put it all out there Forever now so, that's just awful and insensitive.  It should all be taken down IMO. 

I don't think it should have been splashed all over Social Media as it has been including full Footage AS IT HAPPENED!   That's crass and I don't Need to SEE that, nobody does.  It hasn't driven Home how bad Gun Violence has gotten, to Promote Change, so, there is no redeeming quality to displaying it... except as grossly inappropriate Clickbait.  And enuf Lurkers and Twisted Fucks are out there who get excited, too excited, about seeing such things, so, I don't think it serves any Positive Purpose.   Anyway, I made a big ole batch of my Homemade Salsa {Below}. I couldn't find my Old Salsa Jar I kept to always Store it in so had to buy another, and Jars, if you don't get them secondhand, are Crazy expensive now!  Who knew?  I just couldn't find a used one at a Chazza like the one I used to have and this is like it, only Glass, mine was a clear Plastic and probably got accidentally thrown away during Moves?

I felt very OCD Silly in Needing a certain kind of Jar with a certain kind of Screw On Lid for making my Homemade Salsa, but, The Man knows how I am, so he was relieved I Found one at any Price!  *Bwahahahaha*   He didn't give a damn what it Cost so long as I fucking Found one, you hear me?!  *LOL*  When I got Sticker Shock he just said BUY IT... coz he knew how Anal I was gonna be and how rare it'd be to find just the right one secondhand if we scoured the whole Countryside looking for it.  *LMAO*  As it was, I had become Obsessed with finding one while my ingredients to make the Salsa were still Fresh, and I saw they only had Two left in Stock, so I couldn't hesitate and think about it later, risking they might Sell both of them?  There would have been much wailing, wringing of Hands and gnashing of Teeth otherwise.  *Winks*  I hadn't made it in a long while so it was Time to.   The Recipe was given me by an Old Co-Worker Dear Friend Josie Soto during my First Corporate Life many Moons ago, it was her Special Family Recipe.

I also got the Metallic Paints at the same Store I got my Salsa Jar From to repair that Eyeball Altered Art Bottle that the Cashier had damaged when I bought it for Halloween Decor at the "Highland Yard Vintage" Event.   And I got a thick high gloss Sealer to put over it all once its repaired in Hopes that protects it better since it's way more Fragile than it should be.  The Medium that Artist uses is great for her Sculpting, but, it damages so easily and goes back to Powder form if even slightly bumped or scraped!   You really need the pieces under protective Glass to prevent any damage.  Anyway, we'll see if I can successfully do a Restoration of the damage done... I'm pretty Artistic myself but I don't use Paint as a Medium very often in my Art.   I might take a Before and After Pix to get a consensus on if I managed to camouflage the damage decently or not?  It won't matter really, I Own the piece and didn't take it back right away once I unwrapped it and saw she'd damaged it before I could even Display it.  I know I didn't do the damage, the Wrapping of it did. 

 

Well, I decided to call this Post Halloween in full swing at Bohemian Valhalla, since, that's the Truth, we're all Done decorating now for Halloween Inside and Out already!  Mando and The Daughter have moved on to another Project now that I've given them, since both of them like to keep busy and be Helpful doing something I need to get done.  It's been a Blessing and they do good work on whatever they set their Hands to and seem to enjoy doing whatever it is.   I let them have the Creative Freedom to do it as they Envision it done, I can always tweak it later if necessary, but, I haven't actually had to, I've liked their results and often it exceeded my expectations actually.  Right now they're putting Cast Iron Bracket Ornate "Feet" on some more of my Antique Salvaged Doors that I use as Room Dividers in The RV Garage Mahal's enormous cavernous open Space.  I want to give the Illusion of separate Spaces and Rooms in there for what it holds in the contents.

 

Not only does it make it look better for what we're Keeping and Displaying, making Functional as additional Living Space eventually... but, it Showcases everything better that I'm planning on Selling from there too.  So, that when Industry Friends are Invited by Appointment to come Pick and Buy some of it, when it looks great in there, they want to Buy more of it.  *Winks*  Most of them Joke that they usually wanna Buy ALL of it, if I'd but let them, but, I'm not ready yet to divest myself of all my Worldly possessions that took an entire Lifetime to procure.  That will mostly be up to the Heirs when I'm Gone and whenever they need some liquidity and Cash rather than any of it.  That's their Inheritance and they know most of it is more lucrative than Money just sitting in the Bank not drawing sufficient Interest anymore to make piling up Money a better Investment vehicle nowadays.  If I was making the Interest Credit Card Companies are making it would be a different Story. Which is an obscene Interest Rate Charged Borrowers now, and only Mobsters and other Loan Sharks used to Charge that much to a Vic on a Vig Loan!

It's like Predatory Lending has gone completely unregulated now and not become a Crime, and it should be one.   And with Bitcoins and Cryptocurrencies, which aren't Real, it's still all Theoretical... well, that's a totally unregulated corruption Scam every Con and Criminal is using now, untraceable, easy to Launder Money thru, folks are Losing their Shirts with it, and others are profiting from the Scam of it including this Prez and his Spawn along with the whole Underworld involved with it.  I wouldn't touch any of it with a Ten Foot Pole, I already know people who've lost $20,000+ in one fell swoop messing with it.  But, it's trendy right now and folks do Love the lure of what they Imagine is a Get Rich Quick Scheme or Swindle.  Those who are really Into it, are REALLY Into it, you can't convince them it's a big Risk and Shady as Fuck, with lotsa Dark Money flowing thru it, so, whatever... their Risk.   Society is Creating their own Monsters all of the time tho'... to me AI is the next Big Monster already unleashed and likely to go Off Rails quickly and uncontrollably. 

And hey, I finally made it thru this fucking Post, didn't I?  *LMAO*  I feel rather like the Pix Below of an Adaptation of "The Scream"... *Winks*  I actually NEED The T-Shirt of that Graphic... *Smiles*  So, I popped Online, you can't find it at the SPENCERS Stores, Sold Out, but they had some in Stock Online so I ordered an XXL.   That will be my Halloween 'Costume' this Year, if I can find a Jason Mask, all the better...

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Happy Autumn my Friends... Dawn... The Bohemian