
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.
Sacre Bleu!
Well, this is pretty cool to see from Paris.
If only they had Larry FINK in their clutches. How cool that would be!
(more…)It’s Been Way Too Long
Turnabout Is Fair Play
We are only 90 minutes into the trading day, and what a breath of fresh air it has been. Best day I’ve had in literally weeks. We can see here how the /ES reached escape velocity over its lifetime resistance line and then failed.

A Unique Moment
I think the statute of limitations has passed on this story, so why not tell it? When I was a teenager, I think fourteen or fifteen, I got bored one summer day. I didn’t have a license. My mom was taking a nap, so I got it in my head to take the family minivan out for a spin. I was ready for some wheels. I was ready to drive. At least I thought I was.
We lived out in the country, so I was just going to take a quick drive around some of the roads around where we lived. I thought maybe I’d drive by some of the houses where kids I went to school with lived. It was going to be fun.
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