Bend over, Florida to Thailand, Nukes

I just heard back from my insurance agent, the one that recommended I get a wind mitigation report because it would be required by any new carrier.  Instead of getting the good news about lower premium options from other carriers I got the opposite.  He said he got quotes from five other carriers and the Tower Hill rate was still the lowest.  WTF.  I responded and asked if across the board all carriers have jacked rates tremendously?  He said they have, some by as much as 50%.  Welcome to Florida.  It was a disappointing outcome but I have little choice but to bend over and take it.

Speaking of bending over I have my physical today.  I am very much looking forward to it being in the past tense.  I universally dislike being an examination subject.

This weekend I am live streaming with Ulf from Germany.  I had him on once before.  The funny thing is this time he will be in Thailand.  He is in the middle of an extended vacation but agreed to come on anyway.  There is a 12 hour time difference between us so when I start the stream at 8:30 PM Saturday night it will be 8:30 AM for him.  I’ll be drinking beer while he drinks coffee.  He has a lot of technical knowledge so I will be asking a lot of questions while he provides the answers.

The latest news out of Ukraine was dangerous with Russia evidently bombing a Ukraine nuclear plant which is the largest in Europe.  That sounds like an extremely reckless and ignorant act.  It’s becoming increasingly clear that Putin really may be losing touch with reality.  The call for his removal, one way or another are going to get very loud, very quickly if things don’t change direction soon.