Manic Monday

* Down go the Kings, as Brad Miller breaks a leg doing a layup in practice. Can't win in the NBA without a big man. And, they traded Webber away. Hasta la vista, baby.

* My favorite "nutrition" bar are those Balance Satisfaction bars.

* Did you watch America's Next Top Model? I forgot who got kicked off already. I was paying attention, honest!

* Stock market tends to rally during options week, especially if the preceeding week was down.

* Palm Treo 650. Yup. And Pocket Tunes!

* Regarding technical analysis? Do I believe in technical analysis? I'm not sure. I've developed systems that seem to work well detecting bottoms and tops, and prefer them to the buying breakouts and selling breakdowns. But I still think that there's a bit of luck required. As always, managing your risk is what differentiates good traders from bad. You could have a stock timing system that is 50-50, and outperform somebody with a system that works 75% of the time. It all depends on how you manage winners and losers. Over the long run, we do know that 90% of people will underperform the SP500.

* Is that 90% of people just a wives tale? I've heard it repeated enough so that it just seems like it's true. Maybe it's not. Who is keeping track?!

* Tonight is 24, where again we get to see Keifer blow away terrorists. And, we get the politically correct disclaimor from Mr. Sutherland. Fire away, Keifer, and appolgize during the commercials!

* Dark chocolate peanut clusters. Just a thought.

* March Madness begins thursday. Hooo... 4 games every three hours thursday and friday. I'll be taking some time off from the Fun Factory to hang out with the guys and relive our high school experience.

* Isn't that funny, no matter how old you are, whenever you get with your high school buddies, it's like nothing much has changed. Maturity wise, anyways. Other than that... Sheez.