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I think I want to retire in this general area around Sedona. Close enough to a grocery store but once you go out a few miles you just get all kinds of versions of this.

Arizona seems like a healthy state. Where I live, almost everyone is fat, especially as people get older. I can’t really think of any old people I know back home who don’t have some form of potbelly. Down here that’s not very common. I wonder if it’s the heat? I’m personally not hungry when I’m hot. It might also be the Mexican food being so dominant, compared to the garbage we call American food. I can’t imagine going to a chain burger restaurant if there’s a street taco place right next door that’s going to be the same price and come out of the kitchen just as quickly.

The Grand Canyon is massive. I know that sounds obvious, but it’s kind of profound when you’re just sitting there looking at it. It’s really hard to feel any sort of self importance when you’re there. I felt like an ant in a sense, but in a good way. I don’t really know how to describe it with words.

I’m camped for the night in Tuba City, AZ just inside Navajo Nation. This hotel I’m at, Navajoland Hotel, is actually very nice.

I would have stayed here anyway though. I think one of the best ways to help disenfranchised communities is to voluntarily spend your money on their businesses, instead of giving it to McDonalds or Amazon. If someone is making an effort to earn their own money, and leave a nest egg for their children for the first time in hundreds of years, then I want to help those people. If someone wants a nest egg without working for it, that’s a different conversation. I try to avoid being a hypocrite when I can, so if I’m going to say that someone doesn’t deserve something, I feel that I also need to try to help out the people who do. The dollar is the ultimate step stool in life. How I spend my dollars is much more important than who I vote for, and if people are making an effort to earn those dollars, then I’m happy to give them to those people, instead of some soulless corporation that won’t even end up paying any taxes. That’s my take on it at least.

Thanks @dirtdude. Always watching out for me, keeping my rage in check. :-)

@CalvinAndHobo said:

@CalvinAndHobo said:
I got asked to go on a podcast and talk about what I’m up to now. If any of you want to kill 2 hours feel free to give it a listen, but if you’re not familiar with sports betting at all it may be a bit confusing.

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-risk-takers-podcast/id1701448583

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4lTW0nPJIPkoO0l6EtCO7h?si=e_6d_gQsTb6zOeZHY8BOsg

Did anyone end up listening to this? Curious what people thought. Can message me privately if you prefer.

Ok, so I have zero interest in sports and betting, but I'm about twelve minutes in. It's good to hear your voice, that's cool. You sound smart, informative, engaging, I think you come across very well. I'm starting to lose interest, because sports, betting.

I have no meme, just trying to keep this on page one so @peter4jc doesn't get irritated

@TRayB said:
But a light year is still one Earth year. The distance light travels in a year is about 5.866 trillion miles.
If something happens in space 640 light years away, it takes 640 years to be observable on Earth.

No, an earth year is a measurement of time. A light year is a measurement of distance.

The speed at which light travels is not the same as the amount of time it takes for something to become visible over such a distance.

@TRayB said:
@CalvinAndHobo Two up on this trip, eh? Beautiful pics, where are you?

In Mexican Hat Utah right now, on our way to the Grand Canyon and then her parents house in Phoenix the next day.