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.

Lifelong VIX

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Here I am on a Sunday night, testing out and tweaking a new feature. In doing so, I am resorting to my default behavior. You know how some people are said to have a Resting Bitch Face? Well, I’m kind of like that, except in my behavior. I have, umm, a Resting Chart Face, I suppose, because when I have nothing else to do, I’ll always drift back to charting. Thus, I give you this:

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Defying China

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I am very pleased and impressed to see what’s going on in China. As you’ve probably heard, a critical mass of the citizenry has had it up to the proverbial “here” with their government’s ceaseless repression. As horribly-suppressed as any kind of free thought or expression is in The Middle Kingdom, videos and updates are still managing to make their way past the brutal Chinese censors.

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