Slope of Hope Blog Posts
Slope initially began as a blog, so this is where most of the website’s content resides. Here we have tens of thousands of posts dating back over a decade. These are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on any category icon below to see posts tagged with that particular subject, or click on a word in the category cloud on the right side of the screen for more specific choices.
Paradise Frost
I have a lifelong love of work. This is a thinly-defined noun for me, however, because “work” must be something which I would cheerfully do even without being paid for it. Ever since I was fourteen years old, I have made a point of seeking out tasks that gave me pleasure and happened to yield income as well. (more…)
The Slope of Elope
Slope of Hope has a well-deserved reputation as a friendly, welcoming place, but we’ve reached a new pinnacle now in the form of matrimony. Pictured below, from a prior SlopeFest, is “Doolie” (on the left) and “Biffermas” (on the right). They are now husband and wife, and it was Slope that got them together in the first place. Pretty spiffy, yes? Traders in love! May you have many happy years ahead…… (more…)
Exquisite Dead Guy
I have had a deep and abiding fascination with suicide. I was thus captivated when by chance I found out a man had killed himself yesterday, but prior to doing so, he put up an elaborate web site documenting his life, his reasons for killing himself, and his worldview. (The turd-monkeys at Yahoo have taken it down, but I found a mirror site that has most of the pages intact). (more…)
The Ugly Within Us
This post is going to have nothing to do with charts, trading, indicators, analogs, unemployment, or anything else to do with money. It has to do with human evil, and it is prompted by something deeply disturbing I read last night. As I begin this post, I’m not quite sure what I have to say (and I hope I do not prove this by continuing with the submission of this post), but I know it’s bothering me. (more…)
