Even though I literally “wrote the book” about online communities in 1982 (yes, 1982), I’ve never had a knack for going viral. This was one of those super-rare instances, however. Usually, my tweets get maybe ten or twelve likes. This one got THOUSANDS. I guess my truth-telling sometimes strikes the right chord.
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.
Big Budget Blockbusters
Marvelous Uniformity
I cannot help but be paranoid. The market looks absolutely, positively set up to fall magnificently, which makes me think the market gods are trying to trick me in a terrible way. Anyway…………

Portfolio 666 No. Two
I have two portfolios which consist of nothing but short positions. Below are the contents of one of them, and there are eighteen positions in it. I have zoomed in on the germane portions of the chart, and everyone can see the first six of them. The remaining twelve are visible only to Slope’s paying members of every level.


