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.

Same Old Sirens

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Gee willikers, it sure will be nice when these flashing red sirens and brazen, blasting warning horns are actually heeded by anyone on the planet. This marvelous data is from our partner Current Market Valuation, and at this point the lunatics have taken over the asylum. Objective measures of the past SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS are absolutely screeching this market has never been more overpriced.

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All Is Vanity

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You’re getting older. So am I.

With every passing day, month and year, we’re going to degrade. Our hair will turn grey (or fall out). Our skin will wrinkle. Our muscles will weaken. And, at some point, we’ll die. It happens to everyone, and it shouldn’t be a source of shame or discomfort.

That is, unless you are nuts. We have all been witness to those in life who are so mentally troubled that they will spend any amount of money to attempt to stave off the aging process, sometimes with absolutely comic (more accurately, pathetic) results.

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