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Nope. Oatmeal gives me horrible gas. If I combine raw egg whites and oatmeal for breakfast, I am a WMD.

Today I was going through my old diaries. Ten years ago this month I was on a rip-roaring tear in the market. In fact, I ended 2005 with a 137% gain. Little did I know I was headed for a financial crash-n-burn. In 07 I was completely wiped out. I've battled back since 07, but I ain't nowhere...

Why do you want to stop following this thread?

GREAT GOOGLY MOOGLY! Avon stock jumped a few minutes ago based on a rumor of a sale of its North American business. I bought the stock last week. Will the SEC probe me for insider trading?

Department of Justice Investigates Bias in City of the Day Selections ELITE TRADER (AP) The DOJ announced that it has begun an investigation into the City of the Day selections by BSAM on ET. "Today marks a milestone in the history of American justice," said Eric Holder Friday morning. "BSAM...

Did Silver City get a full day?

Sandisk (SNDK). Plunging on high volume. It is now on my list of stocks to watch for a turnaround.

Saturday night, staying home, sipping wine, reading Barron's. JC Penney did well last week, and as it is the only position in my account right now, so did I. This evening as I walked down the street (3rd Ave in San Diego) I heard hideous screaming coming from a parking garage. A woman was...

Sorry - I don't know nothing about geography.

It looks like Philip Morris at 76 a share is yielding a little over 5%. Managers of dividend/income funds should be jumping all over it.

There's a Mark Twain group on Facebook you can like and it will feed quotes and stories to you daily.

There's a guy (Let's call him Bulldog Face) who frequents many of the same bars that I do. He's been 86'd from all of them at one time or another for getting excessively drunk and getting in to fights. (He's been let back in to most of them, he's a big spender.) I've actually heard one person...

My profile has a link to the Google maps street view of the USS Midway museum. If you come looking for me there, you are unlikely to find me.

Song of the Day: The Fields of Ulster:

Author of "Millionaire Next Door" dies in a car crash. His book was about thrift and frugality - he died in a Corvette. Today's LA Times has and article about it and how unlikely it is that you will ever become that "Millionaire". I've always been at the lower rungs of the economic ladder and...

Bernard Baruch purchased a hunting retreat in South Carolina back at the turn of the 20th century. His daughter took it over from him, and I think it is still held in trust today. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobcaw_Barony

I knew for a fact it wouldn't go far

Damb. Murdered in AH trading after the earnings release.

Randomistas! Where the fook are you? A whole week with no posts? What's going on out there? Friday night, market diary updated, ready to pour the wine. Trading account at 5 month high - digging myself out of last year's hole! Baby you can drive my car.... Can't seem to get it out of my head.....

Friday night, staying home and going through the 52 week low lists. Will try to write some fiction later tonight. After being somewhat blocked for the last couple of years, I'm finally writing fluently and it looks like some of my best stuff. What are you Randomistas doing?