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.

I Made Gilbert Laugh

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As I mentioned off-handedly a few days ago, I was listening (as I always do) to Gilbert Gottfried’s Amazing Colossal Podcast, and I just about ran off the road when I heard them mention my name. See, I had whipped up a simple drinking game based on their show and tweeted  it to them. It was such a throwaway, I didnt’ even save it. But they mentioned it on a preview, and yesterday when the full show was released, they spent several minutes talking and laughing about it and declared it the best tweet. So the fact I made Gilbert and Frank laugh loudly made my day.

It’s behind a paywall, so I can’t share it, but here’s what I saw this morning:

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Oh, and here’s Billy Barty, just for the hell of it. Thanks, Gilly!

The Dirty Thirty (Part 1 of 2)

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In spite of a brutal, brutal day (Wednesday May 30th) in which the bulls beat bears with baseball bats, I would like to humbly submit to you 30 short ideas I am considering. Why 30? Well, that’s how many I got together before I decided it was time for a new post (I only got as far as the letter “I”). The first 15 are for everyone, and the second 15 are for PLUS members only. Click on any thumbnail to start scrolling the gallery.

Apple the Unbreakable

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There are some stocks which are simply impervious to pain. Yesterday, for example (which feels like about a decade ago at this point) was a big down day, but if for some reason you were only looking at Amazon or Netflix, you would have had zero idea. None. They just keep going up or, at worst, go down a few pennies.

The same can be said for Apple. The world’s most crowded trade hasn’t suffered any negative effects from its crowded-ness. I mean, just LOOK at this:

slopechart AAPL (more…)