There would be no need to buy gold coins if our economy was as stable as our governors would like us to believe. But believing that would mean covering our eyes in front of reality. It’s what I have been discussing this morning with my father, brother Rodimus and uncle U. Magnus. There is nothing to do: when currency has its ups and downs, a safest way to maintain our properties value is to deposit it all in gold ingots, either at banks or at a personal repository; or to invest. Ultra Magnus was a good mediator for us, so our project went in port last month. Now, we might be considering other things, like setting up an operations research team and try to sort out the Cybertronian economy the best possible way.

Strictly family wise, my wife and I have adopted a new child, Sar’k, a 10 years old Vulcan boy. We were sent an adoption request by the Vulcan Embassy through the Commander of station DS9 (B. Sisko), and last week both of us were interviewed by Ambassador Spock, to check out our credentials and our adoption history. He was delighted with us – for how ‘delighted’ isn’t a perfect word to describe a Vulcan man, seen the logic-driven mentality – and he immediately requested our child to be teleported on DS9. We brought him home a few hours later, after the paperwork. It was thrilling an experience, and I truly hope we can be good parents to this young child. Sar’k seems to be integrating well within the family, but I’m keeping him under observation; in case, I’ll contact the Vulcan Embassy to ask for advice.

Another news is that my son Longreen and his Bajoran girlfriend Naral got married on November 28th, just two days before we adopted Sar’k. We all were waiting for this event to take place, and it was lovely to celebrate the wedding on both Cybertron and Bajor. Seeing my son finally married, and happy, makes me a proud father, and I also love Naral as a daughter-in-law, just as I love Martina, Rattilus‘ girlfriend. I hope to see his wedding soon too.