Head Cold Tuesday

Well, it happened. Zicam is holding some symptoms at bay, but it happened. Caught the cold. Working out anyways. F' the darn cold. Or flu. Whatever the heck it is. Went to work today. Should've worked at home, but just too much to do. I hate "those people" who bring in germs to the office place, but I just had to go in. I guess I'm one of "those people," too.

Who knows why the market does what it does these days? It moves in big percentage moves. The news is always bad these days, so there's no positive catalyst there. If anything it's just "worse and worser." We know the companies are reporting bad numbers and cutting staff. That's sort of priced in, as employment is a lagging indicator. But I always fear Paulson saying something dumb on top of the expected dreary news to make matters worse. Well, or "worser."

I'm bullish, but wary of a retest. I remain 100% long. If we should retest I'd probably get more aggressive depending on market internals. But I'm pretty aggressive now as it is. Read the previous blog entries below for the why.

I think the DOW came close to touching the 50dma today and bounced down. I'd imagine we'd hang out here for a bit before busting through. If that's what the market would do. And when I say "hang out," I mean AT LEAST 5% intraday swings around the 50dma, of course... Good grief!

So the Illinois governor is in custody. Gawd. I don't care if he's Democrat, because plenty of Republicans are guilty of corruption, too. It seems as if the whole political process is corrupt, and there's nothing we can do about it. People talked about socialism and communism during the election, but it feels as if we're already there to some degree.

Obama is going to meet with Hoaxist of The Decade, Al Gore, to talk about Global Warming. Sigh. In addition to being corrupt, politicians also seem a bit dim between the ears.

Fantasy football? I'm in the playoffs in one league, out in the other. At least in the latter I had the pleasure of being a spoiler and knocking a contender out on the last week of regular play. Sad news is that in a 14-team league I'm scored the 3rd highest in points, but just lost too many close ones head-to-head.

Who'd they kill off in Heroes? Uh, hint, hint... Kristen Bell.

Finished season 3 of The Office. On to season 4. I knew Jim was going to dump Karen for Pam. I suppose we all did. It's like the Cheers Sam and Diane thing, huh? Now I suppose some fights are coming. Don't spoil it for me. I may be in a streaming $NFLX marathon tomorrow.

When sick, I kind of play it by ear on exercise. If I'm feeling tired and lousy, I just hunker down under a comforter. If I'm just annoyed with pesky symptoms but feel okay (for the most part), I don't vary the routine much. I may cut down on minutes, weight or intensity. But the body is pretty good at crying "Uncle!"