Received my first $30 Steem dollars electronically Saturday. # Probably won' t buy any ICBM's or rocket launchers. Actually got a few garden tools to pull a few weeds in front of church before service tomorrow.

The multiple steps which led to US Dollars reinforced both the potential of cryptocurrency over dollar exchange, but also sent a Cormac McCarthy-like tremor to a time when the Federal Reserve fails and the United States returns to agrarian, barter system.

Having had relevant conversations with post-Persian gulf and Afghani veterans, the thought of financing domestic terrorism seems farfetched. There is already too much sepsis and scar tissue from overseas wounds.

A kitchen manager where I work my butt off described how mortar could be directed through the back wall of the restaurant and walk-in freezer into the dining room itself and detonated only after penetrating three walls.

My personal goal is to replace restaurant income with Steem money in a timely fashion, then possibly my day job altogether.