I had a high school friend reach out to me trying to get me to invest in some HWM. Sold it a few years ago though.
Funny stuff, I have absolutely no basis other than "hey a friend said it was going to go up"
We're about to burst into flames!
I see your Halo 3 and I raise you Halo Reach...
I've been looking into various methods of investing and stumbled across the Sprott Physical Gold Trust which, according to their website, holds $10 Billion in assets as of May 11, 2025. Managed by Sprott Asset Management LP., they provide various market NYSE listed stocks that allow people to invest into physical metals in a non-traditional way (non-traditional in a sense where you don't have to store the gold yourself).
| Ticker | Name | Price @ Post |
| PHYS | Sprott Physical Gold Trust | 25.41 |
| PSLV | Sprott Physical Silver Trust | 10.98 |
A friend of the family recently gifted us a book called ¡Papas y Papas! an interactive play along book that encourages tinkering with letters and pressing some letters on a book. The kids can't get enough of it, and they enjoy letter shaping and going through the various letters in English and Spanish.
Very rarely do I see a bilingual baby blog, so for parents looking for multilingual book recommendations, Erika provides great insight on where to start.
Check out her website @ https://yagoymila.com/
Mutual Funds:
| Ticker | Name | Price @ Post |
| ETLGX | E*TRADE NO FEE LARGE CAP INDEX | $10.33 |
| ETTOX | E*TRADE NO FEE TOTAL MARKET INDEX | $10.34 |
| ETISX | E*TRADE NO FEE INTERNATIONAL INDEX | $10.80 |
| ETMUX | E*TRADE NO FEE MUNICIPAL BOND INDEX | $10.16 |
| ETBOX | E*TRADE NO FEE U.S. BOND INDEX | $10.19 |
Comments: Not exactly sure what this is, but I'm looking into it. Recently launched this month, so I'm going to keep an eye on these funds. Wish I had more to say about them.
I'm not sure where this came from but I know Harambee is looking down smiling.
In high school I was getting ready for the homecoming dance and needed a shirt. So I drove around the malls around the area. I went to town & country, Northwest and memorial City mall.
At the time, Northwest Mall seemed on its last leg. There weren't many stores other than the palais royal and the antique shop. Recently it shut down and someone decided to jump in and explore it.
It's been over a decade since I heard New York City Queens and the music still resonates. So much so that when I bring up the band I forget most people often times don't know who they are because they stopped posting about their status years ago. They were covered by the Houston Press in 2015 and while I never had the pleasure of interviewing them or seeing them live... I'm glad someone else did.
My girlfriend and I had seen a posting online about a local band playing at Walters and we went to go see them. I had never been north of UHD and didn't know there was a small music venue named Walters
Second Lovers opened up the night and pretty much set the tone for everything. Great music with a southern twang. Very Texas.
Check them out out. Music recently fell off Spotify so I hope they're still kicking. I was looking for Whiskey Woman but can't find it online.
I'm surprised to see the additional Line of the "Lazy Bit Collective" associated to Parker Luis. I've only ever known him as Parker Luis since I last saw him perform at wonky power records. His EP "The Return" remains on my morning play as I head into to work. Just feel like a badass man. Lol. If you get a chance to listen, it's a trip. 
I was picking up a buddy from Bayou Oaks for a Friday evening stroll into Montrose. I think we ended up in Montrose and went to Poison Girl (before the scene changed.) In the car, he pulled out a black CD case with a golden light on the cover and within a few moments would blow my mind with the music. He introduced me to the Tontons and my life changed from then on. The Houston Press covered them on multiple occasions, and they were even on the homepage of MTV, but I don't remember exactly which year. Nonetheless, if you haven't heard of them, check them out on Spotify or if that's too mainstream... they should still have some stuff on bandcamp.
They played free press summer fest in 2015 before they shut down the festival for all the nonsense the owners were doing. If I find the picture, i'll post it here later. Tontons if you're reading this please keep doing your thing. You guys are timeless.
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