A wonderful behind-the-scenes look at one of my favorite musicals with its most superb performer, Ted Neeley.
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Small Miracles
What a week. Sweet baby Jesus. Anyway.
The small caps have again become my anchor point for my glorious quest as the only person mentally ill enough to still short this hairy beast of a market. As I stand here now (it’s a standing desk, after all) I am in eighteen short positions, with the key one being IWM, represented here by way of the /RTY futures.

One of the 80s Greats
There were at least three versions of video for this song, but here’s my favorite.
The Revue
As a side note, I drove to my childhood home of Moraga last night, which I hadn’t visited in years, with the wife and little Duke. I am sentimental by nature, so going to a place where I spent the happiest years of my life was a turbocharged blast of sentimentality. Duke behaved himself beautifully, even with all the attention he was getting (“can I pet him?”, “can I take his picture?”, etc.) There must have been a hundred other dogs there, most of whom he got to meet.

Iran So Far Away
Just a comment cleaner, since it’s going to be a busy evening while I sleep and prepare for my gap to be filled.
