Swaying to the rhythms of Bob Marley, we stepped into our community's lounge, easing into conversations about promising video features for our live events. As the host, I envisioned how these could revolutionize our interactions, though right now, it’s just me who has the video control. The community vibe was strong as we checked in on Sparky’s well-being and Dap’s family life, reminding us all of the human connections that bind us, beyond the screens and waves.
Strap in for a ride through the Helium network's world as I share my personal journey with this innovative data and connectivity platform. Since December, I've been immersed in the Helium ecosystem, earning tokens through mapping services, and you bet I got insights to share. Plus, we peek under the hood of DIMO, a project that’s turning vehicles into crypto-mining machines. The conversations take an intriguing shift as we discuss our next book club pick, "The Secret Teachings of All Ages" and the enthralling enigmas it promises to unveil.
Wrapping up, we mull over book suggestions that could sharpen our minds, from finance to critical thought. We're not just reading these books; we're probing them, questioning their lessons, and seeking the truth with open eyes. And let's not forget the giveaway buzz – NFTs for our book club members! It's a mishmash of reflection, laughter, and the shared pursuit of wisdom that left us all more connected, more curious, and ready to embrace the mysteries that lie ahead.
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Swaying to the rhythms of Bob Marley, we stepped into our community's lounge, easing into conversations about promising video features for our live events. As the host, I envisioned how these could revolutionize our interactions, though right now, it’s just me who has the video control. The community vibe was strong as we checked in on Sparky’s well-being and Dap’s family life, reminding us all of the human connections that bind us, beyond the screens and waves.
Strap in for a ride through the Helium network's world as I share my personal journey with this innovative data and connectivity platform. Since December, I've been immersed in the Helium ecosystem, earning tokens through mapping services, and you bet I got insights to share. Plus, we peek under the hood of DIMO, a project that’s turning vehicles into crypto-mining machines. The conversations take an intriguing shift as we discuss our next book club pick, "The Secret Teachings of All Ages" and the enthralling enigmas it promises to unveil.
Wrapping up, we mull over book suggestions that could sharpen our minds, from finance to critical thought. We're not just reading these books; we're probing them, questioning their lessons, and seeking the truth with open eyes. And let's not forget the giveaway buzz – NFTs for our book club members! It's a mishmash of reflection, laughter, and the shared pursuit of wisdom that left us all more connected, more curious, and ready to embrace the mysteries that lie ahead.
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Speaker 3:I think that's the first time we've got a song that hasn't gone up and down as far as the volume is concerned. It sounds like they've got their audio stuff figured out as far as spaces goes.
Speaker 4:Great song choice, sparky. I love Bob Marley. He's one of my favorites, and I just heard about a new show a Marley show that I didn't even know about, so I got to look into that more. That just reminded me my tattoo artist was telling me about it. I hope everyone's doing awesome. I am really excited to test out this video feature. You're going to have to deal with my ugly mug for the next hour or so, but this is fun. I am curious. You guys, I've got camera control. Does anybody else? I've got a couple co-hosts and speakers. Do you guys have camera control, or is it just this ugly guy?
Speaker 3:I don't see anything on my end. Nothing on my end.
Speaker 5:Nothing on my end.
Speaker 4:Okay, so it's just the host. Just the host has the powers to show their face, can you?
Speaker 5:invite people.
Speaker 4:Invite people. Let me see Sparky. I just have removed from co-hosts and remove as speaker Dap. Nope, there doesn't seem to be any other functionality outside of just my camera, which it'll be interesting to see if they bring in features for you to pull up your camera, because that would be a lot of fun to be able to have chat like this. I'm extra self-conscious now because I have to stare at myself talking and I can see myself speaking.
Speaker 5:Usually that would be all weird.
Speaker 4:This is a whole new challenge. I'm going to have to just block my. I can look at your profile pictures like I'm used to. No, this is fun. I can see how this would be great for some live events If I were to go to a fight or go to one of our fighters' events and we can do some interviews with people one on one. I can see some real fun use cases. But for book time, I don't know how entertaining I can be. This might be my one book time doing this after I found out that you can't come up as video participants as well. But that's okay, I'll try to do my best. I'll give you a little.
Speaker 4:I'm in the basement office. It's a little bit of a mess. I'm usually up in the kitchen, but this is kind of our little storage space. We've got a bunch of books over there. There's a bunch more books over there. This is our little nook down in the basement. I'm usually up in the kitchen, but I wanted to give this a little bit of a try tonight since I was going to be on video. I've got a little bit of desktop light here. I think if you're on PC you won't be able to see the video. It looks like this is still very early on in their testing. With this, elon will have to mention that in the comments. He'll add more video features. That's cool.
Speaker 4:Tonight we're just going to be kicking back and talking about book ideas. I do have some pretty fun ones that I've pulled up here in Amazon. I'm excited to see what you guys have to say about our next book. But I want to catch up with you. We don't have any real core discussions, so we've got a little time to catch up. Sparky, how are you doing? Thanks for the song choice. I did notice you sounded a little under the weather.
Speaker 3:Nah, I'm sick. I got some chesting. It's making it hard to talk, so I'm going to limit my vocals today.
Speaker 4:Hey, well, if you need to even just type in the comments your book requests, we can do that. Man, thanks for showing up. That sounds like you're going to need some well-needed rest. I hope you feel better soon. My friend Dap, how about you?
Speaker 3:It's difficult because my wife's gone for the weekend, like she left today, and she's gone for Thursday, friday, saturday and she comes back Sunday. So I'm looking after my son, our dog, who's limping, and we don't know what the fuck's going on, and then I'm dealing with this, where I feel like crap. So it's like no rest for the wicked sort of thing.
Speaker 4:Oh man, yeah, the extra help with a partner or best friend or wife definitely comes in handy, especially if you're under the weather and you got no one to bring you soup. Oh man, if we were neighbors I'd bring you some soup.
Speaker 3:At least, I usually make the soup, so man, I hope you're feeling better soon.
Speaker 4:Dap, how about you? How are you feeling, my friend?
Speaker 6:I'm feeling pretty good. I was pretty tired but man, I got a second wind somehow. I saw the event thing at Discord and I was like I gotta stay up. It was like 7 o'clock or something, the kids were already in bed and I was like I don't know if I'm gonna make it. I don't know because I haven't had time for much lately. With that client of mine that lost their data, we did get it all back and we are in the process of getting them back up and running with that data now. So it's been fun. And then I've had a couple other projects at the same time with that business, with just putting out other fires and keeping other people running and backed up, and I gotta do a security camera install tomorrow at a guy's house. So I guess that's about it so far for me. Everything else has been going pretty good. I know that Jack has a business trip coming up and I'll be home alone with the two children for the first time, I think, ever, like overnight.
Speaker 4:You got your hands full. That's gonna be a true test.
Speaker 6:Yeah, luckily I can sing amber to sleep usually, so I tried it out tonight and it worked out good. If that doesn't work, I know that I'll go throw them in the truck and drive around. That always works.
Speaker 4:That was always a good trick for my first oldest daughter. She loved I could put her in the car like five minutes and she was out. And if I tried any other technique it was like a good hour battle. So the lap around the block is always a good tactic. I like that.
Speaker 6:Yeah, jack's gonna be going out towards your side of the country. She's gonna go to California for a we're in California Something. I don't know exactly. I'll know more details once it's actually scheduled. But they're gonna try and get it all done in one day, what they gotta do. So, yeah, I don't know if they'll be able to do that or not, but it's gonna be the most two nights, the least one night. So we'll see. It's pretty efficient if you can get all your stuff done that quickly.
Speaker 4:Yeah, that should be a nice quick trip. Good luck to Jack. That's awesome, mike man. Thanks for joining us. My friend, how are you doing tonight?
Speaker 7:I'm doing pretty good, just hanging out. Had a test for my daughter earlier. She had a stress test so she had to run on the treadmill and do that whole thing, but otherwise I just took the day off and joined the day.
Speaker 4:That's. What's that stress test for?
Speaker 7:Yeah, what's that all about? Yeah, she's had POTS for a while.
Speaker 4:I was gonna say, does that have something to do? Because she got migraines. You were talking about that, right, my daughter. I remember I was. Is that different?
Speaker 7:Her thing. They're still trying to figure it all out, but basically she has fainting spells and dizzy spells and she used to have a lot of stomach pain that was caused by what they called stomach migraines, where instead of in your brain it's actually being caused by your stomach. But she's kind of moved past that and now it's mostly just the fainting spells and dizzy spells. So they're still trying to get to the bottom of all of that. But POTS is kind of like a it's hard to diagnose and it's even harder to actually resolve, like you just usually outgrow it eventually. But so that's been well over a year. We've been battling that.
Speaker 4:Man, I hope you guys find some answers. Yeah, oddly enough, both my daughter and I had migraines the past couple days. I guess I didn't reach my grain level. I just had a splitting headache today and I got nauseous and everything. My daughter was up on the ski hill for an activity and she got sick up on the ski hill and you can be in tip-top shape, feeling on top of the world. You're hydrated, you did everything right, you got sleep the night before and they can just come out of nowhere. That's crazy. So did the stress test. Has she done that before? Was that the first time she did that?
Speaker 7:That's the first time she's done that. She's done about every test out there except for that. So I'm surprised we hadn't hit that one before. But she did a tilt-table test a while ago and that was like the worst experience ever, because they actually forced you to stay there until you're going through all the symptoms and there's not really any relief. You're just forced to hang on the table and experience everything. But at least this one it wasn't as bad and she could sit down when she was done on the treadmill and stuff. So it was a lot better than a tilt-table test.
Speaker 4:Man, it sure is tough watching your kids go through stuff and watching them in pain and discomfort, so I know how, as a parent, it's like. Oh, I wish I could take that from you. It's so frustrating. So I know that's hard for you as a parent as well. So you guys are champions getting through this.
Speaker 7:Yeah, she's a tough one. She's probably the toughest kid I've ever met. So that's stuff she's had to go through.
Speaker 4:That's inspiring, that's really inspiring. Kids motivate the hell out of me. That's awesome, but I sure don't. I sure hate seeing them in pain. So all of our love and good vibes are with your family and your daughter getting it all figured out. Thanks, appreciate that. Yes, sir Ryan, how are you doing, my friend?
Speaker 5:Hey, can you all hear me?
Speaker 4:Yes, sir, loud and clear.
Speaker 5:All right, good, good, I'm doing all right, just getting the kids all tucked in and wound down. They're wanting popcorn and stuff. But I'm like, no early bed night tonight, but doing good, excited to suggest a couple books. So I got a couple that I put on screenshot and on the Either. If we don't get to them, they're on my to-do list because I definitely want to read them and I did not want to read them before we came to the boat because I didn't want to be ahead if we did vote on. So I'm like but yeah, other than that, things are doing pretty good, just kind of rebuilding right now and then Web 3 a little bit.
Speaker 5:It's been a kind of exciting little times and depressing at the same time and now being liquidated and whatnot. But I feel like I might have a good come up here with this next airdrop that's to come out. So I hope that works out. I don't know if it will. I was fortunate enough to use my stackings to pick this u-dub to be able to get that wormhole airdrop. So if it all works out, then it works out. If not, then it doesn't Been really checking out all these deep end type stuff mobile helium, mobile phone service. You guys, you really got to check it out. It's so smart.
Speaker 4:I've heard that specific brand, that name, probably five times over the last couple of days. Will you tell us a little bit about it? I have no idea what's going on.
Speaker 5:And it just keeps popping up. Well, since December I've had the phone service. So it's unlimited mobile data up to I can't remember how many gigabytes, but it's a lot of gigabytes. And then after that it's just dumbed down to 2.5 gigabytes or whatever for something. But it basically exceeds some of the plans out there right now.
Speaker 5:And when you do this plan it has a feature on it to where you have your locations turned on, and it does this mapping service. So with their satellite system you're basically mapping with the ping that comes off of it, and by doing so it's an IOT type technology, meaning it will pay you in helium token for providing service. So that's just with your phone. And then they have these like home Wi-Fi units that you can put inside your house to boost your cell phone of the helium Wi-Fi for yourself on your cell phones. So you're utilizing that and then that thing also mines. And then they have other units that are outdoor units that you can use to project, to basically be the cell phone provider. In that you're basically like a cell phone tower, right, you're producing 5G service around in these squares, their little hexagon squares that basically indicate the service provider areas, and that's how all service providers work and they're basically taking the middleman out of the whole equation. And with the phone you mine, it's 20 bucks a month. With the amount of tokens you get per month it pays for itself plus a little extra tokens for doing it. Some months it's a little higher and some a little lower, depending on how much mapping you do. So if you're traveling a lot you can do a lot more mapping, which it was a lot more rewards. So it's really neat on that aspect. And then with the home devices it's really cool because you know your ROI on that is pretty quick. It's within the first month and a half to two months. Honestly it's a month and a half is what I did. And so after that it's just you know nothing but gains.
Speaker 5:From that point on it doesn't add anything to your service provider from your service provider, like Verizon or whatever doesn't do anything to that. So it's just adding service for the helium network. And it's, like I said, taking that kind of middleman frequency bandwidth that the cell phone providers have been capitalizing on all of us for many, many, many years Because, like, for instance, if you don't use all your data, they use some of that data that you don't use to go out to fill other data sources that need to be filled, like, hey, this guy's using 20 gigs, we need to boost him up. So that's kind of how that works, and people don't know that they're paying extra for that, the user now giving it to them off of your band power and that's the whole. Another thing that you, if you read your fine print and this is all the thing is beautiful thing, it's all in front of us when we sign that contract in our cell phone bills. It's all says it right there that we waived that right away for them to do this. So it's really neat. Highly suggest you check it out.
Speaker 5:If you do want to sign up, let me know. I have referral codes, that kind of benefits, both of us for doing it. You know, just throw more money in each other's pockets and build up your, build up your, your mobile token. Because, like, I feel that with this deep end and ROI or RWA technology type stuff real world asset stuff coming forth and being really big right now and taking front stage Not just here but mainstream as well, it will become more widely adopted. And when that becomes more widely adopted, you know what happens if you're early. And at this point, if you're already paying a cell phone bill at 100 something dollars a month this is already cheaper you can technically try it without switching your plan. So like you can say, hey, I want to try this, I'm a sign up but I'm not going to activate their, their, the, the actual Sims card. There's a Sims card that you use to activate the actual cell phone service. But if you sign up, download the app and act like you're doing it but don't activate the actual Sims part, it will still do the mapping and everything. And you can kind of understand how it all works and be like, hey, you know, this makes more sense and this and the service is pretty good because you can see when you're utilizing it.
Speaker 5:You can pick, you know, in your, in your thing, use that first, your provider and and just kind of judge it, you know, and then be like, oh well, you know what this does work out here in my areas, because some areas that may work if you're in the you know boondogs it might might not work as well, unless you boost up the signal, which is a perfect indication for somebody like that. Or if you're at high traffic areas in the city oh man, that's perfect. You know. So you're going on bus routes sitting in traffic, going to work right there. You know you're not even driving, you're just ping and ping and ping and then mapping and the driver, the county's paying you to drive the bus. Now you know.
Speaker 5:So you're going to look at it in different ways that as you utilize this technology and it's, and there's other ones like the demo D I M O is a device you plug into your car and you actually it mines crypto as you drive and that token is blowing up right now, and the technology for that is just crazy. And that's on the polygon side, and it's really neat to see all these blockchains work together. So which they all are are capable by this wormhole and and PIF and then a couple other protocols that have just came out really strong, and the next one's the AI technology and the day I. You know. So I'm all trying to stay ahead of the technology a little bit before it comes out, and that's always what I have tried to do and cut some cases has worked out, in some cases hasn't, but definitely these ones have definitely has, because it's been out for quite a while in Miami, test run for a year down there. It worked out really well. So, yeah, I should be a freaking spokesperson for him, because it's like God damn.
Speaker 5:And and then they get the hive mapper. The hive mapper is neat. You get to map the world in mine, honey token, which is not really neat because you you're basically providing a map system like Google maps and they're trying to take over that which they already have been for the last year, and it's just amazing the technologies advancing so quick on that end and it's all backed up by cryptocurrency and it was just like my dream come true, like the real world stuff, you know, but we use to mine like, like Teslas or whatever system, or plug it in and it's mining like really well. So you know that's cool.
Speaker 4:Yeah, I pulled up the website here while you were talking. Also, looks like they've got the Google Pixel phones is their phone of choice. Did you try? Weren't you waiting for a phone? Was that the Solana for whatever happened with the saga?
Speaker 5:And I still have that. So I have on my iPhone normal phone. I have the helium service as well, but on the phone as well. It came with it for three months description, you know. So I have that as well. So I have two phones and I don't even hardly use the other one, right, it just like if I don't get good signal on this phone, I'm out and about, I'll see if that one works, search or around on apps on that one. Yeah, I mean, it's just minding crypto really is all it's doing and you know that that's that's as the best thing and it's actually paid for the season to that's that's, you know, coming out next year. So I was able to use one of the tokens it was airdrop to buy that other phone, which is amazing. Like you know, my plan is to give that to my kid, like and she'll be able to use it, because I was.
Speaker 5:I signed both my older kids up on this mobile and just the other day I might hold it my middle of son. He's like, yeah, this is amazing, I've already gathered like 60 bucks on this thing. I was like, yeah, just let's sit there, let's sit. And he's like, okay, I don't even know what to do, but it works pretty good. Thanks, dad. So yeah, I'll just keep paying your cell phone will. So I pay for five cell phone bills and no, no problem. Right, like and it's under it's 100 bucks For five cell phone bills. Are you kidding me, like most people are paying 120 for one?
Speaker 4:Yeah, that's pretty awesome. Good little bit of info there. I keep hearing about D-pins and that's funny you mentioned that because I keep seeing it pop up and hearing it.
Speaker 5:You should open up a channel for me and I'll drop all the little bits and pieces I've got for information which I'd be willing to share, because I have it all laid out In my Discord. But instead of everybody having to go and try to find it, I can just drop in a section for people just to read and then you know, honestly, there's a couple accounts that I follow just to make sure that things are great, because that is one that's the reason why I was liquidated was because of these air drops, thinking it was a legitimate project for the BLAST token, which is a whole on the BLAST network or the base network. Excuse me, it's just like, oh, and even the much legitimate research that I did, I couldn't find out. Until I found this individual, I was like, nope, here's all legit stuff, follow this, it's a little more safer with the links and whatnot.
Speaker 5:And then you just always want to make sure that even then, hey, that's a hard part, because I even went to the Twitter and I was like, okay, this is the Twitter, yes, it looks good, and it was only because it wasn't a main protocol, it wasn't the main thing, it was a project off of the protocol and that was my own bad, but sticking to the main ones that are wormhole, that's the main thing, and then this D-Pen, which is the helium, and then the IoT one, which I just said at that other token, which is the plug-in thing, which those are things that we all can use and they're going to be using new things like your what do you call those little things that you use for your Crohms?
Speaker 5:But they're not computers, but they're like sitting your kitchen, little cloud things that you talk to. Hey, google search for this and it does it right. So those things will be able to do the same thing that these devices are already doing with the phone. So those will be, in six to eight months mining crypto through those devices by having an app downloaded to it and you connected through web, three apps on that device through these little cross-app platforms that are coming out. It's just so neat. It's just so neat. I'm blown away.
Speaker 4:Yeah, that's awesome. That's exciting stuff. Thanks for getting our space started off with some crypto. Yeah, I know it's the market's raging and yeah, it's fun to catch wins and I certainly am not the market go-to guy for what to bet on and what's hot right now. I'm sometimes stuck in Panda land. So it's fun to get caught up with the new stuff going on and this space moves so fast and it's exciting to see things like. I just pulled up this site, man, and this has been going on for a while. It's just there's a lot going on in this space. It's really exciting and I love that it's getting heavily mixed with mobile and devices. That's fun, so good stuff.
Speaker 4:Ryan, I appreciate the little crypto session talking about D pins and RWAs. We'll have to get more into that. Maybe one of these days we'll even read a crypto book. And speaking of books, ryan, you did mention you had a couple books that you wanted to add to the list. Why don't we start with you? And while you're talking, I'll try to pull up the books and pull them up on screen here.
Speaker 5:Okay, let me swipe over here to my screenshots real quick. And it here it is the Secret Teachings of All Ages by Mary P Hall. I can't read that cursive writing. That's pretty Yaro. I think it's Mary, or no? That's L Manly Marley. I can't read that the Secret Teachings of All Ages and then shoot Where's the other one? I'm going to put it on the spot. I'm going to find this on all my screenshots. Holy moly, damn bro.
Speaker 4:That's got a 4.6 rating of 2439 ratings. That's crazy. Okay, so this is in Freemasonry. Are you aware of that? This is getting into mythology, philosophy, religion.
Speaker 5:Now this is a book on a writer that basically, he released a bunch of information about the teachings and some of the teachings that they will not speak of. I've read this book as a book that will put it in your ear for you to utilize the tools. So, yeah, I can't find that, I'll let somebody else go because I can't find the other part of the screenshots, but yeah, it's a really good book. I have not read it, I've just read a lot about it and I'm excited because I've been told I need to read it. Another one was a financial book. So two different books, two different genres. But yeah, I'll put it in the comments when I do find it. I'm excited to hear what everybody else has got too, by the way. I can't wait.
Speaker 4:Okay, that's awesome. Yeah, I was not expecting like this looks like it dives into history, secret teachings of all ages, covers topics as diverse as astrology and the zodiac, american Indian symbolism, egyptian ceremonial magic and sorcery. This sounds awesome. Kabbalah is that how you say that? Alchemy, cryptology and tarot, along with masonry, gemology and the identity of William Shakespeare. I know there's a lot of controversy around that. That's interesting. Hundreds of entries range from classical antiquity and oracles to Islamic and Christian history. There are also arcane rituals of truids, freemason, rosicrucian doctrines Rosy Crucian, I'm not sure how you pronounce that and tenets, alchemists, other secret societies. Ooh, that does sound fascinating.
Speaker 4:I love diving into that stuff. I love old civilizations, I love weird stuff and anytime you're getting into like old rituals, man I think about, like the ancient Egyptians and just so. Much has been borrowed from culture to culture and the interconnectedness of people and there's a lot of like controversy around that. I know how it's like. How did these people over here on this side of the earth do the exact same things as these people on the other side? And the pyramids and the angles and the stars, and so it's. I love the history of humans. We don't know exactly how to pinpoint it. Everyone's got their theories and ideas, so I love diving into that kind of stuff. That's a fun one Good recommendation, and I'm blown away by reviews also.
Speaker 4:So if you guys pull this one up on Amazon, 4.6 out of 2,439 ratings that's a really good rating, and I tell you what I think it was. Last time I was mentioning, I read a book about Michelangelo and it dove into like the occult of the Catholic Church and the symbolism and Michelangelo put all sorts of crazy symbolism just like to spite the Pope, and he had all sorts of like dramas and his own experiences with the Pope and the Catholic Church and so he'd put a lot of stuff into his paintings. So I just love the history and the tales. So this one looks like it would be a lot of fun. Did you come up with the name for the other one? You had your financial book that you were thinking of.
Speaker 5:I'm really slow and I'm looking at pictures all along. Let us see him.
Speaker 7:Let us.
Speaker 4:Yeah, we'll come. We'll come back and bug you again. Let us know if you find it. I like your first recommendation. It even dives into vampires. You guys? Black magic, vampirism and witchcraft. Vampire is a vampirism. I don't know.
Speaker 6:That's awesome, no was that I was going to use as well.
Speaker 5:This was yes, two stories of American sight before there, my Jim Morris and then the secret history of the world. I'm Jonathan Black.
Speaker 4:Will you say the one again? I'm going to pull them up.
Speaker 2:One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. I'm going to pull them up.
Speaker 4:I didn't hear the last thing, Can you?
Speaker 6:go to the camera.
Speaker 5:Hey Ryan.
Speaker 3:It sounds like his headset disconnected in this phone.
Speaker 4:as to the speaker, right now, yeah, I wonder if we lost him. Okay, we'll come back to you, Ryan.
Speaker 5:All right, I'll drop down then.
Speaker 4:Oh, there he was. Oh, there he was. There he was.
Speaker 5:Can you hear me?
Speaker 4:We can hear you now.
Speaker 5:Oh yeah, it was my headphone. It is my headphone. Okay, get this out, man, I was trying to get this out, so it's called the story, or the true story of American study of water by Jim Morris, and then Secret History of the World by Jonathan Black.
Speaker 4:The secret. What was that the secret? What?
Speaker 5:Secret History of the World. Oh. Jonathan Black.
Speaker 4:Okay. So it looks like Ryan Ryan wants to dive into into some controversy. So we got three of them here that want to dive into some some. Yeah, these, these all look entertaining as hell. I'm not going to lie Right. The second one here is the true story of America's psychic warfare program. So I'm guessing that one's going to be a little conspiracy theory. Yes, but, man, I get a kick out of stuff like that and it's always it's always okay to ask questions. I think this other one secret history of the world for mystic revelations, to esoteric codes Okay, so this one's going to dive into, like secret societies, that's all. That's all really fun stuff. So, okay, we got three good recommendations here for Ryan. I'm keeping my tech. You guys know how I love my tabs, so I'm going to have a line of Amazon tabs here. Awesome Good recommendations. Ryan, who's who's next? Who else brought some, some books to the table tonight? Dap, dap, you want to go next? You got anything you've been either to get after.
Speaker 6:I've got something that I've had in the back of my mind. I mean, it seems to me like I've kind of like made it like a must now for me to have it in audio book format because with time and everything and stuff, and then like I am like a horrendously slow fucking reader and like I still, even though we're in the book club, I still hate the act of reading. It makes me sleepy and other things and stuff, and like if I just hear it on the way somewhere, I absorb it so much more than if I'm. I feel like I'm tasked with doing it, whereas it's not so much of a you know, like here it is. But if there's something in there where it's something for me to reference or something like that, I do like the ability to like mark the book up. Obviously you can't do that with audio, but I really do like having the audio and then I can like listen to it multiple times. If, like, we go too long or like we go like a long span or whatever, I can like super, super absorb it because, like, if you take how many times I actually read Rich Dad, poor dad, I probably read that shit like six times the whole time we were doing it, like, if you count all the times that you know I could just reread a chapter. But so I don't know as far as like finance or like something that would be like critical thinking.
Speaker 6:There's just some books that have been out there that were like you know, if I ever had the time to read that book, I might read that book. So I've got two from that. But then I also do have a couple business entrepreneurial books on here and I don't know if we're still like if that's something other people are interested in at all, since the other one was somewhat this one's like more so tone to small business sort of stuff. But I also know the author of these books and he is let me see if he's still there. He was an editor for Inc INC magazine and he was one for Forbes too. So I do know him, I do have contact with him. So if those were something that we wanted to look at, I could potentially reach out and see if he would want to do space, because that would be probably a lot more higher profile thing than we could normally do. But it just depends on if our people want to do it.
Speaker 4:I'm still bugging Gary Vee about doing something with him one day. Yeah, anytime we can, anytime we can get the author on with us, that'll be. That'll be huge, so as big or famous or not famous or whatever. It's just that was so fun having Edward on and, oh, shoot, as Xander. I was trying to remember what I call him Xander. I love calling him Xander. That was such a cool experience. So, yeah, I love that idea. I got to pull this up.
Speaker 6:He's got more of his books out too. Now I know that he's going to kill you is out, and then he's got some other ones out too. Like I don't know how he's writing so fast, but they're out there. This guy that I was talking about with the author, though, his name is Bo Burlingham, so he is. It looks like on his LinkedIn he's currently a contributing writer at Forbes instead of being editor at large. So the books the book that he talks about the most is called Small Giants. In front of it there's a goldfish going from a little bull to a big bull, and it's like companies that choose to be great instead of big.
Speaker 6:I don't know that. One might sound boring, I don't know. The other one sounds more like us, if we were going to choose something in this sort of flavor. It's by him and another gentleman named Norm Bronski. It's called Street Smarts. It's got a picture of a Swiss Army knife on it, an all-purpose toolkit for entrepreneurs, and apparently what this is is. It is a collection of columns that were written in Ink Magazine by Bo and Norm and they're like the best ones and they just talk about them sort of thing. But it would be cool to get his insight or something to potentially.
Speaker 4:Yeah, both of these have awesome ratings as well.
Speaker 6:Yeah, the other ones are like things that you've heard of before, but I've never read them. I don't know if anybody else has read them or if anybody else would want to read them. The Call of Cthulhu I've never read and that's the one that I brought up. That felt like it took a lot for Edwards stuff. That's a really really well, it's not always the other one, but it's from the 1920s. I think HP, Lovecraft Is that some like I forget what it was called here. It's out of like a collection of stories sort of thing. It was almost like kind of like a 1920s version of like a comic book, but there were like stories and I forget what it was called, though Somebody probably knows. I'm sure it's on the first thing, Wikipedia for it, but I haven't looked at it. So there's that. And then this one might be pretty intense, but it's called the Divine Comedy. I've never read it, but a lot of it is commonly known as Inferno or Dante's Inferno.
Speaker 4:I think I've got a straight and big fancy version of that in my house somewhere. Yeah, right here, check this out. I've wanted to read it. I'm not ready yet, bro, I've really wanted to read this one. Check this out yeah that's it this is a really cool version and I have not made use of it.
Speaker 6:It's on my list, yeah that's the one where it goes through all the circles of hail and stuff and what do you experience? This through each one of them. So there's a video game that was on PlayStation 2 that was called Dante's Inferno and it's essentially it's God of War, the game God of War, but that book.
Speaker 4:So yeah, this is cool and this is crazy. I just found I did not, oh my gosh, I found someone's song lyrics here. I've never seen these. This is the first time I've really worked through this book. I grabbed it years ago Like thinking I'd gobble it up. I just found someone's song lyrics in here. Blessed be our, blessed be our love.
Speaker 3:It's totally church lyrics.
Speaker 6:So that book was like, originally written in the 1300s. It's that old.
Speaker 3:There's a Dan Brown novel that's built around it, dan Brown being the one who wrote Da Vinci Code and all that that book there is a piece of like world, the literature of the world.
Speaker 6:That book is like there's probably the Bible and then there's that like as far as, like you know, like how you know, like it's a pretty well known book, Like you got Shakespeare and then this is probably the next thing to. It's probably up there with it, Not nearly as popular, but but that is a. That's one of them, but I don't know how difficult it is to read or if it's going to be like dredgingly boring.
Speaker 3:I don't know, but it's going to be boring.
Speaker 4:It'll probably be a tough read, but I love that stuff. I love the challenge. I'm definitely up for the challenge one day. I don't know about next. You know what I mean. Like it's a heavy business.
Speaker 6:That's why I brought them up. Like the call of Cthulhu is probably like the, the elementary version of that book probably. So yeah, those are great.
Speaker 4:I love it. I love that Divine Comedy is on our list. This is great. That's been on my personal list as well. So, yeah, I really get a lot out of struggling through. Like Shakespeare, I used to just hate getting through it. But there's like a challenge to that old language that when I did it in Spanish it, it became fun to me and it luckily translated over into English, because I just never enjoyed. I just wanted it to be written in modern language and I didn't enjoy the struggle. Like until I did it in Spanish, though, and I saw like how much significance it had to the history and to what was going on at that time, and I learned words and it was like, yeah, this word isn't used anymore, but here is why it was used. I was like I fell in love with, like the change of the history of language. It was really cool. So I'm definitely up for the challenge now. I'd actually have a lot of fun with it, but I might procrastinate that one for a little bit longer.
Speaker 6:Yeah, or it might feel more like homework than I even want to.
Speaker 4:That's awesome. That's a good one to add to the list. Is that all, all the ones you had?
Speaker 6:Yeah, I could probably come up with some other, like business ones, but those are just the ones I was going to bring up because you know, like I do know him. I've met him when I was at MTSU I did a. I had a professor, I was a graduate assistant for a grade of stuff and he was friends with him and he flew him down for an event and then I did the whole event coordination for it and then, yeah, we went out on the town with Bo and they had like really out there conversations about private jets, helicopters. He has a French chateau in Paris and yeah, it was just like sitting in, I felt like I was, you know, this little minnow sitting in the corner. So I can't really relate to anything you're talking about. So he's on that kind of level.
Speaker 4:That's awesome. Okay, so we got a couple different entrepreneur books small giants and street smarts I like the sound of that and all purpose toolkit for entrepreneurs Really good ratings on both of these. And then a couple fiction the call of Cthulhu and the divine comedy Good list, good list, bringing some heat tonight. You guys, I like it. I wasn't expecting fiction of any kind tonight, so this is great, this is fun. Mike man, did you have any books you wanted to bring to the table tonight?
Speaker 7:I had a couple finance books that I've been wanting to read for a while, that I've heard other, like crypto traders and stuff, talk about being really influential for them. I will teach you to be rich as the one and thinking grow rich as the other.
Speaker 4:Oh, okay, I'm going to pull both of these up. So I've read thinking grow rich. I love this book. I think there's a couple really, really fun, interesting chapters that are just entertaining like this. This is a great read. I haven't read it in a few years and this is one that I've read multiple times. It was kind of like my go to for just getting pumped up to make money. It was usually when I started a new sales job. I'd like read through this one. Have you read?
Speaker 7:this one before. No, I haven't read either of these, but I've been meaning to.
Speaker 4:And then, okay, I haven't heard about this one. I'll teach you to be rich. No guilt, no excuses, just a six week program that works. Is this the right one? By Ramit Sethi yeah, cool, Okay, this sounds awesome. How did you hear about this one?
Speaker 7:I've heard some people talk about it on different Twitter spaces, when I was really getting into crypto and listening and learning more about it. This book has come up several times about people that have said that it was really helpful for them. Just for my money mindset.
Speaker 4:Ooh, just reading through this already, this sounds like the book that Sparky was hoping. A little bit more of this kind of stuff from. You know. I think all of us but Sparky I remember you were like you know give us some actual, good, useful stuff. So he's saying I will teach you to be rich by showing you how to crush your debt and student loans faster than you thought possible. How to set up no fee, high interest bank accounts that won't gouge you for every penny, automate finances so money goes exactly where you want it. And how you can do it too. How to talk your way out of late fees. How to save hundreds or even thousands per month and still buy what you love. This sounds cool.
Speaker 4:This sounds like after reading Rich Dad, poor Dad. It's like whoa. How to buy a bunch of houses. It's like whoa, bro, I'm not I'm not quite there yet but like how to set up no fee, high bank accounts. That sounds totally doable, I can do it tomorrow. How to crush your debt and student loans faster than you thought possible Something I can do tomorrow. This sounds like a great book to kind of go hand in hand with Rich Dad, poor Dad. So what? What are your thoughts on this one? Is this something that other people have said? They actually got like good results and it was like good info that actually went into practice and they saw good results from.
Speaker 7:Yeah, I've heard that about both of these books. I don't remember the exact things that were said, but I just remember those two have been on my list for a while from hearing other people talk about them. They sounded practical and helpful, just changing your financial mindset and setting you up for success in the future, just by changing the way you're thinking about it, I guess.
Speaker 4:That's awesome. I guess that the other one I know, think and Grow Rich, was written back in 1937. I do like that they seem to have. You know there's an updated for the 21st century and I do remember they would bring up different little stories about modern day examples to make it more applicable. This one, I will teach you to be rich, written in 2019. That might be interesting to see the difference in how people talk about money from 1937 to 2019. Yeah, that's fun.
Speaker 4:A couple of really great recommendations. I think a lot of us might feel burnt out on financial talk, but it might even be the opposite, like maybe we're not burnt out, we just want to dive into more financial stuff to get some nitty gritty Good recommendations. My friend, I would easily easily read Think and Grow Rich again. I think that's a good one. I'm trying to remember if there's even any controversy or things I disagree with. I just remember kind of getting pumped up with that one every time I read it. I don't remember any tips or tricks necessarily from it. I remember some of the weird stuff and it's just good, though it gets you really thinking differently and that's his goal. That's really the it's like manifestation, but do it with a plan and you have to work to make things manifest. It's not just like manifest and things will appear out of nowhere. He does talk about change your mindset and think differently and things will happen, but it has to be followed by action. I did really enjoy that about Think and Grow Rich. It's not just Think and money shows up. It's like Think and put a plan into place and repeat things over and over every single day and put in hard everyday work and you'll get there. It'd be good to catch up and refresh because again it might be a different thing reading through that and getting some feedback from all of you guys as well.
Speaker 4:I love reading these books with you guys. Yeah, thanks, mike man. A couple good recommendations. Dab, you got your hand up. Sorry about that, my friend. Go ahead.
Speaker 6:It's mostly as a joke, but the Bull Diaries.
Speaker 4:I mean we have to at some point, right.
Speaker 6:We have to at least have it on the list. I'm not going to say anything else other than that.
Speaker 4:I mean it is a peek into another culture, another lifestyle. It's all about educating ourselves, about understanding those around. Maybe we'll learn things, Maybe there will be deep philosophical yeah, they will.
Speaker 6:How to get outside of one's comfort zone? I suppose it is a skill.
Speaker 4:I bet he does teach about long hair. I bet he talks about his long hair and I'll agree with those chapters.
Speaker 6:Damn. Yeah, I want to be stuck.
Speaker 4:That cracks me. Yeah, yeah, the Bull Diaries. Right hand. Yeah, we've got a good friend, bill, who has his own book called Bull Diaries, and it talks about his lifestyle as a Bull.
Speaker 6:Keep going.
Speaker 4:The Bulls, the Unicorns and the Cucks. This is just education.
Speaker 6:God, I hear me.
Speaker 4:Sparky. How about you, my friend? Do you have some books you're bringing to the table?
Speaker 3:I sent you some DMs on Discord with some links. I don't have a specific book in mind for critical thinking, but I definitely think that it's something a lot of people could use in today's society. But there's also the Sarah books that I mentioned way back when that, as much as I don't like the whole law of attraction mentality and that sort of stuff, those books help you to retrain your thought process to some degree. Even though they're again a fictitious book, they have a self-help side to it, like they're meant to help you retrain your internal voice to some degree. But I ultimately think that we could benefit from some critical thinking books just because, like, there used to be a thing called the Socratic method that was done in school, where someone brings an argument to the table and you basically break the argument down by asking questions and answering those questions, and when it's done that way, you can kind of take apart a lot of arguments and it's a method of critical thinking to some degree. And there was a YouTube video recently of a teacher in school where the student came to him and asked him about some controversial subject and he used this method to basically pick apart the kid's argument and made the kid see that what he was saying wasn't actually true. He was just listening to what everyone else was saying and I think that us needing that more now than ever is a good thing, because we definitely need to be thinking for ourselves to some degree, as opposed to just hearing something or reading something and taking it for what it says, because too often a title on an article or a YouTube video or something to that degree basically says that this is fact and a lot of people are like, oh, this is fact, okay, and they don't actually look at the other side of it or look at both sides and see what's actually going on.
Speaker 3:So another instance that I wanted to not really tie to any of this and I'm talking way too much, but I've been watching a fair amount of YouTube videos on call of duty, cheaters and hackers and there's these YouTubers that basically take footage from streamers who they think are hacking and it basically shows evidence to some degree of them hacking, using wall hacks and cheating, and one of the guys that was accused basically gave his rebuttal to it this afternoon and said if you're going to take what they say as face value, I would appreciate if you did some critical thinking and look at the other side of it as well, and he laid out his arguments in a very intelligent manner, more so than anyone else. But when I look at this as far as a critical thinking standpoint, both sides have valid points in what their argument are. I mean, yes, you need to have critical thinking, but you also have to look at both sides of the coin. Someone just saying no, I'm not a cheater doesn't necessarily vindicate them from not cheating. If they give an intelligent argument like this guy does, then yeah, it vindicate them a lot more than no. I don't do that. But I mean, if you're presented with some evidence that's based off of data or video footage, you have to be able to take both sides and say, okay, could he actually be cheating, could he not be cheating?
Speaker 3:And that goes with everything that we've been doing with books and stuff in general is like the self-help stuff, some of these gurus that are out there trying to provide all this information for us. We need to be able to read what they're saying and look at it and think, how factual is this, how accurate is this? And basically pick it apart and go does it really apply? Is it really relevant, like, especially with all the stuff that we were dealing with with our current economy and what the book that we just read is saying. I mean it didn't really line up to some degree. But anyways, that's my point on why I think we need critical thinking more than anything at this point as a society, not specifically us in the book club.
Speaker 4:Well, I mean, that's kind of we are just a drop in the big bucket of. You know, if the world needs critical thinking, I think we do too. We're just a small representation of the world and hopefully above average in kindness and love and intelligence and all of it. Now, I think we're a pretty good representation of what the world is seeking and needs to hear, and critical thinking was also. Let me, before I get to mine.
Speaker 4:I love your recommendations, these Sarah books you've been talking about since the very beginning. I'm so glad we have them on this round that you brought them up again, because I really want to read through them. I don't care if they're children's books. I mean, that's what I want to do. I think the power in children's books is they're simplified, they're fun, they're colorful, they teach beautiful lessons. Some of the most beautiful lessons that my wife and I even joke about are about just children's books that we read together to our kids and we crack up over the things we learned and the tells that we're told and the love that was shared and all of it. So I love these Sarah books.
Speaker 4:I've got this pulled up on a tab, both of these links that you sent me. This one has five books on critical thinking. I'm really going to have to dive into each one of these, and you also sent a link of the best books on critical thinking another six good ones. I'm going to have to dive into these because I was going to share the exact same thing. I pulled up. I'll show you my tab here. I pulled up. Sorry, I wish I could flip the camera around. It doesn't let me. I just searched critical thinking and, yeah, just like those pages. There's probably a few of them on here that you recommended or that those links were recommending, but as I was cruising through here, this one looked really interesting. There's a series of seven books for critical thinker and I need to dive more into it, but they have good reviews and I love series and this one looks really interesting.
Speaker 4:Number one models for critical thinking a fundamental guide to effective decision making, deep analysis, intelligent reasoning and independent thinking. The critical thinker. What I think looks really cool is that this goes into in the series critical thinkers situations from the greatest thinkers in history. If we like book number one, book number two would then have different examples from history. Do you want to ask smart questions like Socrates? Being out of the box, thinker like John Stuart Mill and rational like Descartes. So it would be really cool to learn about some of the great thinkers throughout history. Number three neuroscience and critical thinking. Number four 10-minute social psychology, the art of thinking critically, the theory of critical thinking, neuroscience and decision making. But again, even that whole page before I got to this seven book series. There's a bunch of good ones, and so I'm going to try to match some of these with what are on Sparky's list, and then I'm also going to add that one to the list, and I think we've got a really great list here of some books.
Speaker 4:I think if we can get a poll within Discord, if we have a list and anyone that's interested can go in and vote, what do you guys think is the best direction to go from here? I know we did a vote once upon a time, a couple rounds. I've just kind of made the executive decision, but we're at a critical point here where I want to really make sure that those of us that are really heavily participating, that we all get a book that we're really excited about. So I'm really glad we did this and got a bunch of good books on the table. But with that in mind, what do you guys think is the best direction here from now? Do we do a vote within the Discord, or do we leave it to those that are actively reading and kind of keep the vote a little cleaner that way? What are your thoughts? Good night.
Speaker 3:I feel like it's a bit of a double-edged sword in regards to if we keep it just to the people who are really participating, then you have kind of the situation where everybody votes for their own and there's not going to be enough votes for one per se, whereas if you let everybody in the Discord vote, it opens it up to people who aren't necessarily participating and could skew the vote however they want, just for shits and giggles or anything. So it can go either way, good or bad, in that regard.
Speaker 4:Well, we could also do just a. We could come up with a list and then we could kind of roll the dice to kind of figure out the order. That could be kind of a good approach. So if we kind of pick one from each of us I don't know, I got to wrap my head around this we got a bunch of good. I didn't expect so many good book recommendations from us tonight so I was thinking it wasn't going to be so much of a decision. Ryan, what do you think?
Speaker 5:I was just thinking if you were going to do it right now, tonight, or something with them next hour or something, you could put up a quick little thing in the Discord and we all. That's because I was just looking in here. Most of the people in here in the audience as well are in the Discord and I would say they're active enough to go cast their vote. If you wanted to do it in a timely manner, if you didn't want to like rely upon other people in the Discord, yeah, we might get a few other stragglers, but hey, that might make it fun. Just put it out for 30 minutes or five minutes, just the remainder of the space or something or whatever, I don't know. Simple, quick and easy to where.
Speaker 5:It's not, like Sparky was saying, getting other people that might not want to or not really dived in, but just kind of check things out. I like that's quick instead of knowing really what's going on. Some people just hang out and don't really know, but that just come in and check things out once in a while. But utilize the community. So definitely one way or another, I think we can do it.
Speaker 4:Yeah, yeah, I think. So I think my hang up right now is I've got I did not even do this with my list of critical thinking, and now Sparky has handed me a couple more lists of great books here. I almost feel like, just with the two of us contributing some critical thinking book ideas, I need to narrow down that little list to, kind of because there's some good ones here and so let's come up with a list. Let's come up with a list first.
Speaker 5:Come up with a list and then do like a cast and put a timer on it. You know, not like more than 24 hours or something.
Speaker 4:I like that. Okay, so how about this next Monday? I'll get a list together, I'll get it posted up on Monday, we'll do our space and you know we'll have enough time to kind of look on the discord list and compare them, do our own little diving into them and seeing what we want to read, and then we can talk on Monday, do like a live vote, what do you think? And I think we'll have like more than one book. It'll be kind of a matter of what's our next, like top three or something like that, and then we can kind of roll a dice to see what order. I think that should be a good amount of time to kind of go over the list.
Speaker 4:There was some good recommendations tonight that like, even though I want to get to critical thinking, it's like do I want to do that next? So I'm not even sure what I want to vote for. So I came in, I want to do critical thinking. But yeah, you guys gave some good recommendations and at the end of the day, we also do have participants in the book club that don't participate on these spaces with us as well. So I want to make sure I hear them out and they participate in their own ways. But this is also extremely important to me those of us that kind of get together and chat and talk about it. I want to make sure that we're having a good time, and if we enjoy it, then other people will as well. So, dap, go ahead.
Speaker 6:If you made it where people had to register to vote that way, they had to actually like put the effort in to do it. It's about the community, but you know, no that's a good call.
Speaker 4:That's pretty simple rule set because we know who's who participates and I know who does the reimbursements and yeah, that's the answer right there.
Speaker 6:And then on top of that, what if you did a? Each person gets three votes, but they're weighted one that counts for three, one that counts for two and one that counts for one. That way, they can prioritize what they lack the most.
Speaker 4:Ooh, that's taken me back to tryout days the players. When I tried out for soccer. It was such a heart-wrenching experience. You would put your top three teams that you wanted to play for, and then the coaches would do the same thing for you, man, and so, like I like that, though it's a good system you put your-.
Speaker 6:Yeah, no, that way it's weighted more, because like if I had like three votes and they're equal, then you know I'm not gonna prour it. There's no prioritization there at all. So at least then you know you get to. You know, do them in chunks that way, so maybe something like that.
Speaker 4:That's awesome. I like that a lot. Yeah, I think that's a great idea. Okay, so we'll get the list. Sorry, I'm just getting our wheel of names here put together. And, sassy, if you're listening, I'm so sorry I have not airdropped you your NFT, but I'm getting you on the list here tonight. But, yeah, I've got a couple NFTs I gotta get out to you guys. So I am so sorry. But yeah, sassy, you'll get here on the list tonight.
Speaker 4:I'm just going through and it's like BK-Born, bro, you've got to have had 10 spaces with us. I go through here and some of you I'm questioning if you need one of these VIP listeners. You've been listening since day one. I mean, this isn't just 10 spaces recently, we can go back to the beginning of time and so, yeah, make sure, if you feel like you've had 10 spaces with us so I can get you on here, get you the NFT, hop in a DM and let me know so we can get that to you. Sorry to interrupt the topic of conversation. I'm just putting this wheel together. But, dap, sorry I interrupted you, my friend.
Speaker 6:You did, we were done Okay.
Speaker 4:Okay, let me make sure I've got everyone here. Another person, queen, I swear you've had to have had 10 spaces. I know Demrease is a VIP listener. I know you've got to be on there too. So a couple people, yeah, dm me, whether it's in the Discord or here on Twitter. I want to make sure I'm getting you here on the wheel. It's not a huge deal it's 10 bucks, but hey, it's a good time. I like doing the wheel and the giveaways in the Discord. That's a pretty significant little chunk of cash if you win that one. So just a little thank you for participating in these spaces. They mean the world to me. This book club is the best.
Speaker 4:I've had a rough day. I had a headache, I was struggling with a tweaked back and I was just kind of grumbling and talking about books. I'm all hyped up tonight and I want to go work out and it kind of turned my day around. I love books. So thank you guys. Just a fun little thank you. These VIP giveaways for participating in this and it's a small little incentive to participate and hopefully you catch the book bug like the rest of us and are addicted to books. Just, it's a trick if we can trick ourselves into loving books. If you struggle, it's so worth it. And if you have to listen to books like that was a great point, bro you might not enjoy the reading. Try listening to books and you might love it. You might have a commute and you might really, really enjoy it. I enjoy books on tape as well, and audio books are just really cool. Books on tape, that's funny.
Speaker 5:All right, any last Books on tape so you can see books on tape. So, my goodness, that's cool, my grandpa had books on tape, so I remember they came in like little green box things or something like that plastic.
Speaker 4:Yeah, yeah, I listened to a few books on tape and, man, I guess I can't go back to eight track days. I've got people that can one up me with that. But yeah, tape cassette players in the car, that's funny. I remember switching out my cassette player for a CD player in my 1985 Suburban. That was my first vehicle that I ever drove. It was a tank man. That thing was made of like pure steel and it was huge and I was no joke miniature.
Speaker 4:I'm trying to see if I have any pictures of me as a kid, and when I say a kid, I was like a senior in high school, and still like five foot one. I was so small. And so I was driving this 1985 Suburban, which didn't have the bucket seats, it was just the sliding bench, and so I didn't have a lot of control, and as much as I would slide it forward, I was still just like trying to peek over the steering wheel. I had to sit on a pillow. It was really, really terrible for my dating life. Imagine picking up a girl on a date and you're sitting on a pillow. Man, the joys of high school. I certainly developed some thick skin being a little guy, but I don't even know where I was going with that.
Speaker 4:I got a wheel to spin. Here, you guys. Where was I going with that? You put a camera on me and I get all distracted. I'm all self-conscious watching myself talk. Okay, here we go. I'm gonna get the recording going, screen recording. Oh, this is another extra element. Look at this. I'm recording the wheel while recording it here. So we got extra proof, extra proof Our giveaways are authentic. Here, you guys, I like to shuffle it up a few times and then we'll go to customize. All right, who's got the number tonight? A number between one and 60.
Speaker 5:You have a toast. Somebody who's gonna number Kat's got your tongue.
Speaker 4:I'm gonna pick. I'm gonna pick, oh, 23,. Thanks, mike man. That sounded like Mike man, at least 23. Let's rock and roll. I like to shuffle it a few more times. Turn up the volume.
Speaker 4:It's like, now that a video's on, I feel like I have to narrate, but you guys are just watching it. No, I was proving that our giveaways are not rigged. That's what it was. Hey, you guys get to see in real time the slow roll. Demarese, does he have it? Does the 23 seconds give him the win tonight? Oh, demarese, take the win. That's exciting, you guys.
Speaker 4:This video I don't know how I feel about it. I was really hoping that I could pressure some of you guys to hop up on video tonight. I did not get that chance. I didn't get to bug any of you to show your beautiful faces. You had to look at my ugly mug all night tonight. But we got through it, you guys. And, oh my gosh, ivan is requesting to come. Ivan requested to come up for a minute and it just made my day, ivan. Thank you. Even if you're not coming up, just the thought of you coming up excited me. Thanks to you and your sister CA. You guys are awesome support and I appreciate our Panda fan from all over the world. You guys, thanks a lot for this book discussion.
Speaker 4:We've got a great list. I've got some to-dos. I will list kind of our big list and we'll register for a vote and I bet there's some cool bots to even help me and if not, we'll get through it. But the list, I'm gonna build the list first. So, sparky, I just wanna ask one favor from you, my friend If you can kind of pick some of your favorite before we do anything official with anyone else, if you and I can kind of narrow down some of our favorite critical thinking books, I wanna be.
Speaker 4:There's so many there. So let's just you and I maybe find a couple really good ones that we can bring to the table for the group to vote on for critical thinking. I think that's basically it. We'll have a nice list and then we'll get to voting on it. So I appreciate you guys. I'm excited to hear the closing song. I gave you just a little taste of the intro song, of me kind of vibing to the music. But I will not torture you. I'll turn my video off and I'll do my dancing on my own while Sparky chooses a closing song. But any final thoughts from any of you guys before we wrap up the space.
Speaker 3:All right, stay healthy.
Speaker 5:You'll say everybody, have a good one and take care and hope you get better soon. There's Sparky, make sure you drink some honey and some tea with that. It always helps me when I'm not feeling good. I always like that honey.
Speaker 3:Yeah, like a mouthy.
Speaker 4:Yeah yeah, get better, sparky. We need you healthy and appreciate everyone. Have an awesome night. And, sparky, do you have a wrap up song? You're gonna lead us out with MUSIC.
Speaker 2:MUSIC, music, music, music, music, music, music, music, music, music, music, music, music, music, music, music, music, music MUSIC.
Speaker 3:MUSIC Audio lovers weren't so good on that one, but chose that song. Blind Leading the Blind. Because when we listen to some of these books or read some of these books of critical without critical thinking this is why I think we need critical thinking is because when we read some of these books that are telling us to do things or trying to be gurus to us, we wind up being led by the blind sometimes. So not to say that they're not educated in what they're talking about, but half the time it's the blind leading the blind in that regard. So we need to have these books and these discussions to be able to do critical thinking, but also to be able to see multiple perspectives and not just see one person's side of things. So that's my reasoning for that song for tonight, and the jammin' one at the beginning was because we were jamming discussing our next book. So those are my thoughts for those songs.
Speaker 4:Awesome, love it. Thanks, sparky. Thanks everyone. Have a wonderful night. Have a good rest of the week, thank you.