Sunday, December 14, 2008

Sunday Night Randomosity

  • Maybe the US markets will have a nice monday. Looking at the calendar, it is options expiration week.   It is also December.  I believe there is also a cup and handle on most of the indexes.  Making the handle now, and a big volume move up would definitely have the IBD folks rushing in.  I think.  Those folks like follow through days, and they love cup and handles.  Come on, Monday!
  • I think a strong day tomorrow would set us on our next leg higher of whatever this is.  New bull market.  Countertrend rally.  Whatever.   And that's my technical analysis opinion of the day.  Worth it's weight in pixels!
  • I know. Lots of negative press out there.  I have a solution.  Don't read the press. 
  • Sometimes I wonder how Playboy's The Girls Next Door organizes the TV show.  In tonight's "brand new" show, Kendra Wilkinson organized a softball game with Playmates.  When was this filmed? 
  • Free books for your iPhone.  Some best sellers...
  • Oh, looking for cut and paste or at least copy and past on the iPhone?  Try Pastebud.  It's not a program.  It's a couple of javascript bookmarks you add to your favorites, and then sync the iPhone.  Allows you to copy from the iPhone's Safari browser and paste in either email or somewhere else in Safari.  Works fine.  A bit clumsy, but since iPhone won't support this natively, it's all we have.
  • I was blasted out of the Fantasy Football playoffs today.  While I would have rather won, it's a relief it's over.  My sundays are back.  No more scouting injury wires or looking at player matchups.  It's over. 
  • Asian stocks up on hope of a US bailout of automakers. 
  • Scandal-plagued Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich will not resign Monday.  It'll be interesting to see how this plays out as the investigations go on.  I get the feeling this guy would say anything to try to save himself.
  • This is what a really bad recession looks like.  
  • I think the head cold is done.  Mostly.  Not coughing much today.
  • Uh-oh, gas prices on the rise.  Just as the US is forgetting about any notion of expanding domestic production or at least being able to tap into that if needed.  Enjoy the under $2 gasoline while it lasts.  It will go back up, and we're not willing to do anything about it except let it become a crisis again.
  • Dumb us.  We need nuclear power for electricity.  Don't forget.  Fossil fuels and coal are nasty and dirty.  And oil is imported from countries who use the money we send them to to naughty things.
  • Red Hawk Casino opening up in the Sacramento area this Wednesday  Just outside of Shingle Springs.  Will I be there?  What do you think!?
  • Major accomplishment this weekend?  Powering through season four of The Office and the first ten episodes of season five.  I am now up to date and the DVR is set to record all new shows.  Phew.  It was hard work, but I did it!