From the Editor: Notes for the Weekend

Good morning, everyone.

I spent yesterday morning at an old-timey pig butchering out in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee. It's "old-timey" because they drop the pig into a big vat of boiling water to soften the skin and make it easier to scrape the hair off instead of skinning it.

There were probably a hundred people there, just standing around, watching a couple of guys go at it. A couple of them had microphones, and they'd intermittently add color commentary on what was happening throughout the process. Heard a lot of bad jokes. Ate some fresh pork sausage. Highly recommend.

Reminding you all about our Bitcoin 101 event Tuesday at American Lounge in Wedgewood-Houston. If you have questions about cryptocurrency and/or Bitcoin in particular, this will be a great time to have those questions answered directly.

We're teaming up with the folks at Bitcoin Magazine to host the event.

Hope to see you all there.

Onward.

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