March 25, 2026 ·
Thanksgiving is random for the turkey, not the butcher.
Another day, another Taleb quote, another post office blog. After the 3 package fluke last week, I received another slip in the mail saying there’s something for me at the post office. This boy just cried wolf. Could it be the mailman playing games? Could it be a random mistake? All sorts of guesses on my part. No shabby numbers on the slip this time, it was my address listed clear as day. Drove to the post office first thing next morning. Again.
This time a cubical box awaited! Aha. No fluke. Not random. Well, more on randomness in a second. The incoming cube traces back to my farm visit earlier this month. Josh Googins from Fallen Oak Mycology sent me Lion’s Mane extract. Nice. During my visit, I'd asked for a sample unit and Josh generously give me one for free. I told him I'd go home and pay for it online so they shouldn’t send me another…but they did.
I wasn’t expecting the cube so it felt random to me, but from the shipper’s point of view this whole incident was very predictable. And now that I have more knowledge of it, it in retrospect is also predictable for me. But only in retrospect; not looking forward.
Some notes on the product: I’ve been taking Lion’s Mane for a week or so now and this stuff is no joke. The first time I took it, it gave me a headache. I took too much. But I couldn't immediately reason my headache back to Lion's Mane. Only the next day did it hit me. Another not-so-random-after-gaining-knowledge pocket. I realized via this tinker what the product is and what it does. It's my first time ever trying Lion's Mane and this particular extract feels highly potent. I’m interested in further experimenting and selling it, maybe as-is or as a variant. Might put this extra bottle in my store.
If you’re reading this and want the extra bottle I just received, email me and I'll ship you it for free. Anyway, here's another customary post office parking lot picture where I’m typing this from. Overcast March day here in Austin today.
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