This compels me to cancel plans to have emotionally-troubled people promote Slope. The financial destruction has been amazing.They’ve lost something like 30% share.
Bud REALLY Light
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.
Easy Target
Let’s jump back 40 years in time to the 1980s, which is when I grew up. Advertising, supermodels, and commercials were all over the place, and any major brand would feature a very attractive person, such as, let’s say, Christie Brinkley:
A Message For Our Times
I’m a rabid fan of Star Trek (Original Series), and here’s a clip from a favorite episode. I think this speaks to our times, particularly the part about how those without an all-powerful leader feel completely lost without his authoritative guidance. Watch………
Thinning the Herd
With the /ES up 0.04% and the /RTY up 0.01% as I am typing these words, the equity futures markets don’t exactly scream out for conversation. While we wait for something – – anything! – – to happen, let’s take a breath and consider Bitcoin, which is worth precisely one-third what it was a couple of years ago.
RIMM Job
The moment I saw the movie trailer for Blackberry, I knew I wanted to go see it. So I took the whole family out last night, and we watched this nerd drama about a bunch of smelly twenty-something geeks – – basically my people – – and absolutely loved it. The raspy sound of a carrier signal over a phone line almost brought a tear to my eye.
