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I'm at the airport in Las Vegas, just about to get on the plane to fly home. It's been a fun stay here at the Investools Conference, but I'm definitely ready to be in Palo Alto again. I'll do a post very late tonight, and to those of you whom I met at the show – – – nice to see you in person!

Well, I guess the Saudi announcement on Sunday didn't mean squat. Energy is just as "up" as ever. I'm typing this 40 minutes into the trading day, and the initial pop in equities has faded somewhat.

I have, after careful observation over the past week, concluded why housing prices in Palo Alto are several hundred percent higher than the rest of the country. It's because much of the rest of the country sucks is less optimal for enjoyable living. At least here in Baltimore.

I keep getting accosted by homeless people, even when I'm eating in a restaurant. Just last night, I was having a nice dinner (in a relatively nice part of town) in the outdoor portion of a restaurant with family and friends. Up comes this bedraggled guy…….

Homeless Dude: Hey, there…..

Your Humble Narrator: Kee-rist…..

H.D.: Hey, can I have something you don't want?

Y.H.N.: Errrr, sure (grabbing big basket of fresh bread)

H.D. (staring at it): This is just bread!

Y.H.N.: (pausing for a moment in amazement): Haven't you ever heard beggars can't be choosers? {Editor's note: I realize that in this modern age, he probably thinks of himself as Chronically Disenfranchised or something, but I still consider him simply a bum….)

H.D: Well. All right (Takes baskets and leaves; the restaurant will never see that basket again)

In any event, I'll be flying off tomorrow morning back to the land of zillionaires and wannabes. At least the homeless people there will be ones that I know.

After a few days at Prophet North, I'm heading back to my beloved Palo Alto. Thus, my post will be quite late today.

But what a day it was! I think God heard (or read – – He has good taste) my bellyaching about the market and His Divine Trading Account intervened with massive selling. So I ended up wayyyyyyyyyy in the green today.

I trust my beloved readers did well too. I'll write to you again tonight from the Silicon Valley. Oh, and by the way, I've gone back to the original Disqus settings. Too many people remarking about quirkiness, so I'd rather keep the user experience superb.