Gbolahan A.

Health. Sales. Jazz.

[Wrath Of Gnon @wrathofgnon]

If you have a minute, here's a chance to read of possibly the first accidental aircraft take off and landing by someone who had never flown before, a 15 year old boy in Sanford, Colorado, Kurt Cornum:

“This all took place during the summer of 1948. I was working for Frank Guymon as a flunky in his dusting business. The particular plane that I flew was owned by Pete Christensen, and it was an open cockpit cub that was used for dusting. Pete had sold the plane a few days before and he had installed a new engine in it. He asked me to wash the plane and clean the engine a bit. I figured I could do a better job if I taxied it up and down the runway. This worked out quite well for about 30 minutes. I was thoroughly enjoying the work and the engine was getting what it needed. I taxied down the runway, evidently a bit too fast for the airplane, but not too fast for me. I was busy checking oil pressure and temperatures when the ride seemed to get quite smooth. I looked up and I looked down - and sure enough, I was off the ground! Well, this called for a quick decision. Right or wrong, I decided the best thing for me to do was to add power and go around the airport and land. This presented no problem as I already had the 30 minutes experience on the ground and, in my mind, this qualified me to do the rest. I might add that, to this date, I have never met anyone that agreed with me.

Mr. Dan Goodwin, pilot for Frank Guymon. was at the airport at the time and he, especailly, thought that I had exceeded my ability. I'm not sure whether he was more worried about me or the airplane, but I found out later that he aged considerably in a few minutes.

Well, I circled the airport twice and landed the plane without incident. That was the end of my flying career for a few years. It is still a bit confusing to me how so many people could be so mad and so glad at the same time. I didn't think much about this incident until several years later, when I learned to fly. At that time, I began wondering just how I accomplished that first landing.”

You can (but probably shouldn't) just do things.

[𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 @Old_But_Gold50s]

10 Songs You've Heard And Don't Know The Name.

[Gbolahan A. @gnazy]

Reminiscent tune.

[Melodies & Masterpieces @SVG__Collection]

Masterpiece.

[JT | Jerry Teixeira @jerryteixeira]

Muscle is a longevity organ. It's not vanity.

It regulates blood sugar, protects your joints, and keeps you independent as you age.

That it can help you look better is just a pleasant side effect.

[Gbolahan A. @gnazy]

@WhiteySwolz @MattWalshBlog Death to the nonsense that is called 'Reported Speech!'

[Melodies & Masterpieces @SVG__Collection]

Billie Holiday’s voice carries a kind of magic

[Melodies & Masterpieces @SVG__Collection]

Happy birthday to Benny Golson, born on this day in 1929!

The Philadelphia-raised bebop/hard bop tenor sax master & composer who played with Dizzy, Hampton & Blakey, penned enduring standards—the eloquent giant whose sophisticated lines & arrangements shaped modern jazz forever.

[Gbolahan A. @gnazy]

@elonmusk Sublime engineering!

[Guitar Gods Unleashed @gguworld]

🎸 Wake Up to Guitar Greatness 🎸

Today’s Pick: Tommy Emmanuel – "Classical Gas"

Rise, purists! Wood, wire, and pure right-hand wizardry. Tommy owns the moment.

[Gbolahan A. @gnazy]

@Cernovich Hi Mike,
Any suggestions for folks outside the US to buy into an IRA and/or ETF?

[Gbolahan A. @gnazy]

@elonmusk X Airlines. Ha!

[Gbolahan A. @gnazy]

Hero Arc.

[Jaynit @jaynitx]

>be Palmer Luckey
>born 1992, Long Beach, California
>homeschooled by mom, dad's a car salesman
>build railguns, Tesla coils, lasers in the garage as a teenager
>electrocute yourself, burn a gray spot into your own vision cleaning a laser
>no regrets
>start college courses at 14
>build a six-monitor gaming rig worth tens of thousands of dollars
>collect 43 VR headsets by the time you're 18
>largest private collection in the world

2009:
>found ModRetro Forums at 17
>turn old game consoles into portable units for fun
>work part-time at USC's Mixed Reality Lab designing VR for veterans with PTSD

2012:
>build the Oculus Rift prototype in your parents' garage at 19
>drop out of college
>John Carmack (Doom creator) demos your headset at E3
>Gabe Newell endorses it
>launch Kickstarter asking for $250K
>raise $2.4 million

2014:
>Mark Zuckerberg shows up
>Facebook acquires Oculus for $2 billion
>you're 21 years old
>Forbes estimates your net worth at $700 million
>described as "the face of virtual reality"

2016:
>donate $10K to a pro-Trump group
>post anti-Hillary memes on Reddit under a pseudonym
>get exposed
>game developers boycott Oculus
>Facebook pressures you to publicly endorse Gary Johnson instead
>refuse

2017:
>get fired from your own company
>Zuckerberg won't say why
>negotiate $100 million+ payout for wrongful termination
>immediately found Anduril Industries
>name it after Aragorn's sword from Lord of the Rings
>partner with Peter Thiel
>start building autonomous weapons and AI defense systems

2020-2024:
>win $1 billion contract with U.S. Special Operations Command
>drones deployed to Ukraine
>revenue doubles to $1 billion
>take over Microsoft's $22 billion military headset contract
>Pentagon can't stop writing you checks

2022:
>build a VR headset that literally kills you if you die in-game
>inspired by Sword Art Online
>three explosive charges aimed at your forehead
>call it "office art"
>"it won't be the last"

2025:
>Anduril valued at $30.5 billion
>announce plans to build Arsenal-1
>5 million square foot weapons factory in Ohio
>autonomous fighter jets, missiles, torpedoes
>China sanctions you personally
>net worth hits $3.5 billion
>pay yourself $100K salary
>still wearing Hawaiian shirts and flip-flops to Pentagon meetings
>own a submarine, helicopters, and a PT boat
>keep one of the world's largest video game collections underground
>married a woman who sews historically accurate Tudor costumes
>won first place at Texas Renaissance Festival dressed as Henry VIII
>Sword Art Online author drew your wedding gift

from garage tinkerer to youngest self-made billionaire to America's most important defense contractor

all while looking like he's headed to a beach party

[Gbolahan A. @gnazy]

A life well lived.
May God rest your soul.

[Scott Adams @ScottAdamsSays]

A Final Message From Scott Adams

[WellBuiltStyle @WellBuiltStyle]

Best affordable brands for menswear in the UK👇

▪️Hawes & Curtis (awesome for business and formal wear)
▪️Charles Tyrwhitt
▪️Wax London (especially their outerwear and knitwear)
▪️Moss Bros
▪️John Lewis (in house cashmere knitwear is great)
▪️Marks & Spencer (check out their in house Autograph label)
▪️Spoke London (for jeans and chinos - especially Italian and Japanese denim)
▪️Son of a Tailor (custom tees and knitwear) - based in Denmark

[Gbolahan A. @gnazy]

@WellBuiltStyle Are there any worthy brands you might recommend for men in Europe/the UK?

[Cernovich @Cernovich]

Scott Adams, facing death, shows us how to live.

Someone recommended “How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big” by Scott Adams. I had burned out on mainstream books, but picked it up, and was hooked. He had put into words a way of living, similar to one I had found, except his approach was systemic and analytical. Better than my own slapdash notes. Outside of religious texts, Adams was and is as close to a “guide to life,” as you’ll ever find. And even if you’re religious, you still live in this world, and would be wise to learn how to navigate it.

Scott is closing in on the end of his life, and even now he is creating new beginnings.

I’d better write this now, I won’t be able to when it’s too late.

After losing Charlie Kirk, a lot of us are wondering how we can possibly write another obituary. While there’s much to complain about the internet and social media, those mediums expanded the sizes of our communities, our influences, and indeed our families. Too often we find new ways to hate people, instead of finding new people to love.

Scott Adams comes up in conversation at every social event I host. “How is Scott Adams doing? Will he make it?” We all talk about streams we watched and lessons learned. It’s a memorial except he’s still alive. Scott would love to hear that, which is why I have said so repeatedly. I’ve lost too many people, via death or fallings-out, to leave feeling unexpressed.

He’s been a surrogate father figure and mentor to millions of people.

Scott Adams is not liked, he is loved.

People don’t “like” Scott Adams, they aren’t “a fan of his.” They love this man. And I do as well. I’m still living in denial of his fate. We all are.

We’d been making a film about the meaning of life, and while Scott Adams had been in both of our other films, we hadn’t booked him for Meaning yet. Then we found out he was going to take the ride of assisted suicide. Foolishly, we had assumed he’d always be around. Nobody ever dies, right? Your dad will be there to take your call the next time you phone home. Your friends aren’t going anywhere. That’s how we too often live. We could book Scott later.

We reached out and he graciously agreed to be interviewed. We all knew it was going to be our last interview together. Scott and I are both efficient with our time. When a moment is over, it’s time to go do something else. Obligations call. The crew pushed this one as long as we could.

After the interview wrapped up and the gear was packed and it was time to go, there was an awkward pause. I broke it.

“Scott, we love you.” He said thank you. “No, Scott, we love you, I mean it, we all do. We love you.”

None of us broke down crying, not that there would have been any shame in that, but we no doubt all soon will.

Well then, what is the lesson of Scott Adams?

On a practical level, the lesson of Scott Adams is the power of showing up. Nobody works harder and on a more regular schedule. You can set your clock to Scott’s show. Too many of us wait for the muse of inspiration or the jolt of information to force us into action. Work, everyday, maybe in obscuring and without tangible benefits for years. Eventually you’ll hit your mark and go beyond.

Scott plugged away with his streams from a small account (after a huge career via Dilbert) and soon became must-watch, and then transcended his role to becoming something much more.

On a spiritual level, we might ask, why do we love Scott? It’s not because he’s so smart (he is). There are not shortage of intelligent, clever, Machiavellian, and rich people with podcasts. When one of them dies, what is lost? All of that Ego and desire for adoration, and does anybody even care? When those people fall while living, who will be there?

Scott is loved because he’s devoted his life to service to humanity. “What is the meaning of life,” is the question we ask every interviewee, and Scott’s answer, “Be useful to humanity.”

Despite pain, sickness, and inevitable death, Scott is doing his daily streams, serving his country and all of humankind until his end.

He’s a light to the world and a mirror for all of us.

What exactly are we doing with the gift of life given to us by God. (Scott believes in the Simulation, but I believe God evens this all out in the Judgment.) Are we doing enough for others? Are we doing anything for others?

Like everyone else, I’m capable of throwing myself a pity party. Sometimes when life is going too well, and I don’t have real problems, I invent some. That’s where the Ego brings you, recursively worshipping itself, and when that fails, tormenting itself, as each path leads to its own attention.

May all of us live more like Scott Adams, and may God bless his immortal soul when he passes.

P.S. I ran this article through Grok for typos. The original version had “immoral” soul where I meant it to read “immortal.” I think Scott would have had a great laugh had that typo been left in.

[Dr. Marty Makary @DrMakaryFDA]

The new dietary guidelines, in a nutshell:

✅ More protein
✅ Healthy fats
✅ Intact whole grains
✅ Fruits and veggies
✅ Gut health
❌ Less ultra-processed foods
❌ Less sugary snacks and drinks

[Gbolahan A. @gnazy]

Hehe!

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Sultans of Swing solo and bass on one guitar

[Gbolahan A. @gnazy]

@lawrencekingyo Mind boggling that the government can just 'print money out of thin air' but still needs the sovereign individual to dole out hard earned money for their running.

[Cernovich @Cernovich]

Scott Adams is posting through cancer and yet people are still afraid of taking a chance at life.