Pretty much the last flimsy pillar upon which the United States stands:
In God We Bust
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.
Snow Mobile
I will be spending the entire afternoon and evening trekking through the wilds of the Sierra Nevada on the way to the Knight Mountain Compound. I won’t have the time (or energy!) to do new content until Saturday morning. Enjoy your Boxing Day and relax!
Best Posts of 2025 (Part 6 of 10)
As I do at the end of every calendar year, I have gathered together what I consider the very best posts of the thousands that have been penned this year. There are so many, I’ve broken the list into ten parts, with one to be published each day.
Here are today’s:
- Grotesque Largesse – if only I knew what was about to happen
- Continued Transmogrification – the Kristi Noem metaphor
- Marble, Rust, and Plastic – my impressions of D.C.
- Logan’s Run – the salvation of another dog
- Hidary Dickory Dock – a startup scumbag
Warm Memories Bar
Let Me Put It This Way
I typically have lots of small, short equity positions (since has made everything past April 9th just a dee-LITE), but in one account I’ve tiptoed back into put options. Just three of them, all small, and they have to pay off before I get any more confident. These are all June puts, so I’ve got about half a year for something to go right.
