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I honestly had no idea that there were still dry counties left. Check out Arkansas!
Oh, and on an I-need-a-drink note……….the quote feed is having trouble (not just us, widespread) so you may NOT see today’s price bar in your charts. For me, that kind of nukes my trading day, so I’m checking on it constantly to see when it’s fixed.
This is a cry for help. No, that’s too dramatic. Just a quiet request for help. I need counsel for anyone who lives in Spain or who knows Spain very well. The reason? I’m an eclipse dork, and I planned years ago to make my first-ever trip to Spain in August 2026. So, if this is you, please email me so I can ask a question or two to help me plan ahead. Gracias!
I used to have three dogs. Now I’ve got two, one of whom is more of a fluffy throw pillow than a dog, since he’s too old to do anything except sleep. Thus, I’m really just down to just a single blonde mischief-maker. To stave off depression for the both of us, I’m walking him three times a day instead of just once, because his friend and walking buddy is gone.
Monday morning started off really rough.
I woke up at about 4 a.m., and the last I had seen of the markets, the /ES, /NQ, and /CL were all red. I didn’t look at my iPad, but I figured that, on the heels of the big rally on Friday, maybe we’d get a day when the good guys would win.
Well, I got into my home office and saw every single stock and futures market was bright green. There was chatter about Trump reneging on another campaign promise (tariffs) which was goosing markets higher. I also had the gloom of losing Coda still hanging over me, which has affected me FAR more than any human death in my life, including my parents.
And then, just to turn things from bad to awful, this email was waiting for me in my inbox.
