“Mmm.. too much ground to cover, Kimosabe!  This reads like three columns in one hide-out: ranch/shop projects, solar tax gotcha, and anti-aging protocol update.”

“No worries, Tonto. We write… Besides, we’re just horsin around, right Silver?”

At age 77.  You would think I would have enough sense to lighten the hell up and just chill.

Nope.  That’s not how the wiring works with our genes.  I have yet to meet any other group that can out-focus and out-work the Ure’s.  I know – that’s a big claim. Other than an elite team about to deploy on a mission?  Good luck.  Seriously.  I mean before cutting-back ETOH to one glass of red per day, the vodka was applied like heat tiles to prevent burning up in the atmosphere…

Besides doing two patents this week on AI system architecture, publishing (and moderating) all the Urban columns (except Tuesday) and doing two good PN columns (plus new state variance extremes charts on the Dow and S&P) there was still time for Mr. Hyper to get some projects moved along.

Walk with Me

Back during the Cold Snap, I told you about ripping the BBQ deck broiler propane regulator out to use on the propane back-up generator.  That was because Mr. Armstrong used a bit too much muscle on the regulator to tank plastic whizzie and Bang!  Fell apart in my hand.

If such misfortune ever overtakes you, simply find the nearest gas cooking appliance and move the regulator onto your generator.  When the cold is gone (and it’s a slow week, I didn’t bother writing my third patent idea) you take the one off the genset and reinstall it on the broiler, like so:

Of course, that led to the mandatory function check which turned up a dead triple A battery, but other than that?  Ready to rock.  And the genset is ready to fire, as well.  (*I’ll spare you the pic or we could be here all day…)

Air Conditioning Season is Nigh

As you know, we live a double-wide mobile home.  Not because we need to.  But because my personal “FU” to the world is living a “tax structured life.”  And a mobile home is why we pay less than $300 per year to live on 30 acres in the woods.  Well, that plus an ag exemption, senior exemptions on things like school taxes, and – oh yeah – the homestead part for 25 years, too.

Thing is?  It’s flat-ass amazing how much money you can not spend if you stop pissing away time and money all over the web. Try to focus on personal outcomes. Ones you can cash.  But, I digress.

One thing I did not do in my total rebuild was rip off the outside walls and toss in more foam.  So, this year, we are doing shade sails.  (Stiks will appreciate the storm tri-sail appearance of this small one on the BBQ deck…)

By the time you get the shade cloth sail (under $20) and the stainless doo-dahs (another $15) you will be out $35 bucks.  BUT (here’s the in-for-the-win) it will keep the southwest corner of the house shaded.  Then – when we put up the 8 foot by 20 foot west wall shade, more than half our direct heated surface will disappear.  And with it, slower cycling on 5 tons of A/C.

Won’t save us money directly – because of all our solar panels. What it will do is increase sellback and maybe save $50 a month on the buy side.  To our way of thinking, it’s an all-around win.

Not going to pop up on social, though.  Try to stay focused on the real problems in life.

We’ve been seeing a lot of that lately. Talking to son G2 about it – same thing up in Wazoo state. People run around crazy trying to solve everything but the RIGHT problem.  Just amazing to us.

Speaking Problems

FLIR camera and temp gun nailed down that the BIG heating source in the lean-to greenhouse is the sheet metal overhang into the roofed-over area.  From inside it looks like this:

Spend some time with the AI stack and we came to the conclusion that because the roof is radiant heat coming in, I’d be enclosing the basic space (with some foam round the rafters) and then stapling up “space blankets” (shiny side up) into the sheet metal void.  Then, a good layer of closed cell foam. Which comes in rolls like this:

Under the shiny side up Mylar. Which gets me to the portable learning point of the week.

The shiny side of the radiant heat block always goes on the heat side you’re managing.

So, IoW if you are keeping heat in a room (like on the house wall of the green room) then you face the shiny side out into the growing space.  (Blows up the photon counts, too, which is Romaine heaven…)  When you want to keep heat OUT put the radiant (plus at least an inch of thermal barrier) toward the heat source. Which in this case is the roof.

Planned This Week?

I will be ripping out and rebuilding the north wall of the lean-to greenhouse.  Reason is two-fold.  First, I want to super-reinforce the corner because the raccoons ripped open the northwest corner Lexan corrugated and slipped in to eat half a bag of cat food Elaine forgot to secure against the masked marauders…

Once the corner is secured with some 1 by 6s and the old fans (which have lasted two years but now have loud bearings) are replaced…

Then I can finally get the new smaller but same rating swamp cooler installed:

I Know

You’re thinking “Gee, Ure, you didn’t get very much done this week, did you?”

Caught!  But, I did get our (long form Schedule C and all) Income taxes completed.  And here’s how Food Reactor #1 is producing as we run bean sprouts on both levels this week:

The location of the food reactor (which some would call a recycled and repurposed dishwasher) is literally on the path from office to house.  Takes a one minute stop, twice a day for rinsing and it’s done!

Two Important Takeaways

These really are worth knowing.

I. 2025 Solar Tax Credit Detail

I have worked hard at having a near-zero income tax liability this year.  BUT here’s what went wrong for me.  Last May I bought and installed another $980 worth of new solar panels.  Yippy-skippy, a solar ITC, right?

No.  See the way the Solar ITC BOHICA (*bend over, here it comes again) works is it’s a TAX credit. BUT a small brain farmer (like moi) was previously clear that my AMT (alternative minimum tax) on the business side could use the non-refundable Solar ITC.

I don’t get pissed about money – gave that up a long time ago.  BUT was I disappointed?  OK. sure, maybe.

II. Tweaking Our “Cheating Old Age” Protocols

Now the Antiaging Protocol update for those interested.  As you know, both Elaine and I look a good 20 years younger than we are.  Because we have been long-term users of three antiaging protocols which we stack.

One is GlyNAC which you can read on here.

The second is NMN (Dr. David Sinclair’s baby).  If you don’t know about NMN you’re about five years behind us…

The third is a self-cobbled OTC (hopefully) work alike to the TRIIM-X protocol. Dr. Greg Fahy and the protocol was written up back in 2019 and we have been using our “OTC” clone since 2020 – so on six years now.

Why people are skeptical of supplements and “getting in Aging’s face” is quite beyond us. Data dunces, maybe?

Now the New Part for Us This Week

Remember that the TRIIM-X study (an expansion of the original TRIIM trial by Dr. Gregory Fahy and team) uses a combination of human growth hormone (HGH), metformin, and DHEA to achieve remarkable outcomes like epigenetic age reversal by about 2.5 years, thymic regeneration, improved immune function, and reduced body fat. In our over-the-counter (OTC) analog, we’ve substituted berberine for metformin’s glucose-lowering effects and liposomal DHEA for hormonal support, while seeking a safe, non-prescription way to mimic HGH’s pulsing action.

Previously, before this week, we had used 5-HTP at bedtime to indirectly boost HGH via serotonin pathways, which can stimulate pituitary release but often results in transient, less consistent spikes that may blunt over time.

Switching to L-arginine and L-ornithine offers a potentially more effective mimic of HGH because this combo directly targets the growth hormone axis in a way that’s closer to the TRIIM-X mechanism.

L-arginine inhibits somatostatin (a GH suppressor) and directly stimulates pituitary GH secretion, while L-ornithine enhances this effect through urea cycle support and sustained amplification. Studies show oral doses (e.g., 2-5g arginine + 1-2g ornithine) can produce 100-500% GH increases at rest, with even higher post-exercise pulses, leading to better IGF-1 elevation—key for TRIIM-like benefits such as muscle recovery, immune rejuvenation, and metabolic tweaks. This is more “mechanism-adjacent” than 5-HTP’s indirect serotonin route, which relies on conversion steps and shows smaller, shorter-lived spikes (e.g., 2-8x max).

The rationale for this swap, especially for folks tracking our stack alongside GlyNAC (for glutathione/mitochondrial health) and NMN (for NAD+ boosting), is to optimize synergy without scripts or risks. At conservative doses like 1g arginine + 500mg ornithine (or adjusted for body weight), it aligns with TRIIM’s safe, pulsed GH approach, potentially enhancing overnight repair while berberine manages any glucose fluctuations and DHEA balances hormones.

Early data from similar combos suggest cumulative perks like improved energy and recovery after 4-6 weeks, making it a logical evolution for our protocol—track with labs (IGF-1, glucose) to confirm, as individual responses vary.

At 210 lbs, I do 1 gm of L-Arg. and 500 mg of L-Orn.  Elaine at 115 lbs. does half that.

This is NOT medical advice.  Do your own due diligence. We just started aggressively following healthspan threat avoidance protocols very early-on.  But for us, it seems to be working nicely so far.

Now I have a bunch of projects to do so I have something to write about next week. I mean, unless you want to hear me whine about what a PITA putting FIDO2 MFA on Win11 to get into my USPTO.gov account was? You bring the cheese, because I got the whine, honey.

Write when it’s all done…

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