The novel American Gods was great, the series was a mess. When it was good it was really good, but they included a lot of stuff (yes, much of it "woke") that was not in the novel, and ended up stretching it out over 3 seasons which was insane. I actually don't blame Starz for finally putting their foot down and not renewing it for a 4th season. They had 3 whole seasons to get it done and didn't.

On the importance of saving:
The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason

On how to beat addiction:
Rational Recovery by Jack Trimpey (or just visit rational.org)

It is not too late to seek treatment, even if your pancreatic cancer is stage 4.
There has been a lot of success using viruses to target and kill cancer.
I encourage you to watch the new documentary that recently aired on HBO, called "Killing Cancer":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

If you can't get into a clinical trial, I would encourage you to find a reason, any excuse possible, to get a vaccine (measles, smallpox, rabies, etc).

Regarding your your daughter, I would teach her to avoid the "land mines" in life: financial (debt), health (smoking, drinking excessively, drugs), and emotional (avoiding toxic people).
Good luck.

I think it's pretty cool myself.
There are a lot worse things you could do with your time than creating your own OS.
At least he's learning something and doing what he loves.

Satoshi Nakamoto is the tech world's J.D. Salinger.

+1, well said.

They're batshit crazy in Austin; I know, I used to live there.

Since my father had his stroke, he can't stand the loud TV commercials. He now watches TV with the remote in his hand, and hits mute as soon as it goes to commercial.

"There are reasons why it's important that public records are kept."

Yep, here's a story that illustrates that point pretty well: Gas line explosion rocks neighborhood, sparks fire

I'm one of those people who is naturally good at english, but had difficulty with math. The problem I had when I went to college was that even if I did all the homework, and seemed to understand it, I would still do poorly on the tests. Finally I found a method that worked for me. What I would do to prepare for a test (in addition to completing the homework) is to take a problem from each section of the homework, alter it slightly, and prepare my own practice test. Then I would close my book and try to take my test without any notes. If I did poorly, I would open my book and notes and see what concepts I needed to work on. Then I would draft up another practice test and start over. After a few iterations of this I would be able to complete a practice test and then would do pretty well on the real test when the time came. This technique got me through four semesters of calculus and a semester of differential equations.