Something hilariously awesome happened this week
So I went camping down south last weekend and had a blast. I rented a scooter, roamed around paths untouched for years, and went river tracing up random trails. I even took a scooter up one of them—not recommended.
Near one of the river mouths, I captured that beauty of a picture above. Fortunately, no one used it while I was bathing in the ox-piss blessed rivers beside it. I’m still assuming Nat Geo will reach out to me any moment after publishing this piece though. I’m going with the name ‘Urine Trouble’ or ‘Take a Peek’ for now.
Anyway, I had a great time! Music, camping, beers, scooting, rivers, beaches, and no injuries—a long weekend doesn’t get much better than that.
If you’re curious I can send a few pics in next week’s newsletter, let me know in the comments.
As for the other super awesome amazingtastic thing that happened this week, it reminded me of how truly small of a world we live in these days.
Around 8 years ago I lived in a city up north in Taiwan. One of my friends there later moved onto other countries, as did I. Then yesterday I was slogging away on my laptop at my local hangout (Read: pub) and posted a pic on Zuckerberg’s society ruiner.
This same friend messaged me saying she was just there last weekend—guess I missed her while camping. Anyway, she reached out and PM’d me saying:
I couldn’t help but laugh.
A friend I hadn’t seen in almost a decade went to an obscure bar in a small town on vacation, went inside, had a few drinks, and picked up the only book in the entire place.
And then recommended I read it.
A book that I wrote.
Hilariously fun.
Apparently, I have at least 1 fan in the country now. Woo. 1 step closer to being the next Kim K.
And just in case this doesn’t make sense to any of you, about a year ago I wrote and self-published a satirical children’s ABC book for adults as if written by a bloated presidential pumpkin. It’s offensively hilarious, in my subjective view.
But all it did was make me want to drop everything and go make one or two more of these ideas. The Politicat Party needs a revival me thinks.
Alas, for now the bank is calling and I need to do work that can actually pay the camping bills.
PS. Apologies for the self-promo there. At least it was relevant…to me!
PPS. Damn, I love October.
From JJ’s Vault
(All of these links are paywall free ‘cuz you subscribe.)
Society:
‘Tax the rich!’ Won’t Work: Once upon a time, I was a government auditor. Thrilling stuff. Anyway, occasionally I reach into my bag of accounting and finance knowledge and pull out a beauty like this. It’s an insane story of how $1 trillion of wealth is being hidden from the taxman in the US by the ultra-wealthy. And here’s how they do it.
Two Vaccines, Two Vastly Different Outcomes: I heavily researched this piece. I was curious about other vaccines in recent decades in the US and found two starkly different outcomes for two similar life-saving vaccines. Here’s what happened. Oh, and neither is COVID related, but the lessons certainly are.
History:
This US President Invented the Original 4 Hour Work Week: I had no idea a former US president slept 12 hours a night and 2-4 hours in the office every day and still managed to reign over one of the most economically boosted times in the last century. Fun read but sad ending.
Medium on Medium:
Medium Writing Challenge Winners Announced: And everyone forgot the main point. It’s a very humble piece, said I, a humble writer in a humble fashion.
That’s it for this week. Thanks everyone! Lot’s of random crap going on this month for work and plans and drinks and food.
My birthday + halloween + holidays = Amazing Sauce.
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PEACE
J.J. Pryor
Your friend did not notice your name at the bottom of the book? That is funny, thanks for sharing, JJ.
I guess there are no women campers in Taiwan? I never mind self-promotion. After all, if you don't blow your own horn, who will blow it for you? (You can take that any way you want.)