During my full-bore absence last week, I wasn't able to crow a bit about Mariner Energy (symbol ME), one of my long suggestions. It had a 41% pop in one day, which for me was a real breath of fresh air. It was a takeover, so this was obviously a fair bit of dumb luck, but the purchase was based simply on technical reasons – – – the very clean breakout above $16.50 in the days prior. This one worked out nicely, and it helped infuse some more it's-good-to-buy-stocks-too-cells into my body.