World Champions

Lady Aztecs trophy ceremony.  Finished undefeated! Champions of the world!  Well, of the Boys and girls Club.  And of their league and gender.  Go Jilly!

Green Eggs and Am

I am Josh

I am Josh 
Josh, by gosh

That Josh, by gosh 
That Josh, by gosh! 
I do like 
that Josh, by gosh 

Do you skim
green eggs and am

I do not skim them, 
Josh, by gosh. 
I do not skim
green eggs and am. 

Would you skim them 
by the pier? 

I would not skim them 
by the pier. 
I would not skim them 
anywhere. 
I do not skim 
green eggs and am. 
I do not skim them, 
Josh, by gosh 

Would you skim them 
with Heath? 
Would you skim them 
when underneath? 

I do not skim them 
with Heath. 
I do not skim them 
when underneath. 
I do not skim them 
by the pier. 
I do not skim them 
anywhere. 
I do not skim green eggs and am. 
I do not skim them, Josh, by gosh. 

Would you skim them 
by the docks? 
Would you skim them 
near the rocks? 

Not by the docks. 
Not near the rocks. 
Not with Heath. 
Not when underneath. 
I would not skim them  by the pier. 
I would not skim them anywhere. 
I would not skim green eggs and am. 
I do not skim them, Josh, by gosh. 

Would you? Could you? 
on a sandbar? 
Skim them! Skim them! 
Here they are. 

I would not , 
could not, 
on a sandbar. 

You may skim them. 
You will see. 
You may skim them 
on the sea? 
I would not, could not on the sea. 
Not on a sandbar! You let me be. 

I do not skim them by the docks. 
I do not skim them near the rocks. 
I do not skim them with Heath .
I do not skim them when underneath.
I do not skim them by the pier. 
I do not skim them anywhere. 
I do not skim green eggs and am. 
I do not skim them, Josh, by gosh. 

A wave! A wave! 
A wave! A wave! 
Could you, would you 
on a wave? 

Not on a wave! Not on the sea! 
Not on a sandbar! Josh! Let me be! 
I would not, could not, by the docks. 
I could not, would not, near some rocks. 
I will not skim them when pulled beneath. 
I will not skim them with Heath. 
I will not skim them by the pier. 
I will not skim them anywhere. 
I do not skim them, Josh-by-gosh. 


Say! 
With a shark? 
Here with a shark! 
Would you, could you, with a shark? 

I would not, could not, 
with a shark. 

Would you, could you, 
as a fav? 

I would not, could not, as a fav. 
Not with a shark. Not on a wave, 
Not on a sandbar, Not on the sea. 
I do not skim them, Joshy, you see. 
Not with Heath. Not by the docks. 
Not from underneath. Not near some rocks. 
I will not skim them by the pier. 
I do not skim them anywhere! 

You do not skim
green eggs and am? 

I do not 
skim them, 
Josh the slosh. 

Could you, would you, 
with a floatie? 

I would not, 
could not,
with a floatie! 

Would you, could you, 
on a boatie? 

I could not, would not, on a boatie. 
I will not, will not, with a floatie. 
I will not skim them as a fav. 
I will not skim them on a wave. 
Not with a shark! Not on the sea! 
Not on a sandbar! You let me be! 
I do not skim them by the docks. 
I do not skim them near some rocks. 
I will not skim them with Heath. 
I do not skim them with false teeth. 
I do not skim them by the pier. 
I do not skim them ANYWHERE! 

I do not skim
green eggs 
and am! 

I do not skim them, 
Josh, by gosh. 

You do not skim them. 
SO you say. 
Try them! Try them! 
And you may. 
Try them and you may I say. 

Josh! 
If you will let me be, 
I will try them. 
You will see. 

Say! 
I skim green eggs and am! 
I do!! I skim them, Josh by gosh! 
And I would skim them in a boatie! 
And I would skim them with a floatie. 
And I will skim them on a wave. 
And with a shark. And as a fav. 
And along a sandbar. And out to sea. 
They are so good, so good you see! 

So I will skim them by the docks. 
And I will skim them near the rocks. 
And I will skim them with Heath. 
And I will skim them from underneath. 
And I will skim them by Balboa pier. 
Say! I will skim them ANYWHERE! 

I do so like to skim
green eggs and aam! 
Thank you! 
Thank you, 
Josh the skimmer dude!

Ablogalypse Redux or The Case for Optimism

Saw something on Instagram:  a sign that read "Smile, tomorrow will be worse."

I even read an article about how civilization as we know it may coming to a crashing end in the next couple of decades.  A perfect storm of food scarcity, water shortage, fossil fuel depletion, population explosion, class warfare and climate change may cause "the sudden destruction of complicated societal structures."  Or basically, the end of the world as we know it.  Wasn't it supposed to end in 2012?

Finally, another stat I learned today:  every 8 years your chance of dying doubles.

Now all this can be depressing.  But wait, science will save us.  That same article, however, disputes this claim stating that gains in technology only reinforces current strained conditions and dooms us further.  Sounds bearish.  But the bears would be gone as well.

But I don't buy into the doom and gloom.  Ignore the naysayers.  Financier J.P. Morgan, once when giving a tour of the city to a friend, stated, "Funny thing about these skyscrapers...not a single one was built by a bear."  

Now, as a trader, I buy and sell.  I can be long or short - even though some say its unAmerican to short a company.  I'm just trading intraday.  Over the long run, buy and hold still wins out.  (As long as you are diversified and have a low cost fund.)  If you stand alone and buy the market when the rest of the world is selling, you'd do ok.  Ask Warren Buffet.  Read The Tontine (one of my fav's - both volumes).  Peter Lynch said of a market correction, "Sensible professionals wondered if they should take up hunting and fishing, because soon we’d all be living in the woods, gathering acorns. Then the moment of greatest pessimism, when 8 out of 10 swore we where heading into the 1930s the stock market rebounded with a vengeance and suddenly all was right with the world.”

Here's the kicker.  When I speak with my two darling children, I notice the way their minds work - with inquisitiveness and incite.  And though I tend to worry a lot (a coping mechanism that I inherited - the more I worry about something, the more likely it will work itself out), they give me great hope.

So, science alone may not be enough.  With science and human nature together, I like our chances.  Given the choice I choose optimism.  As Woody said (about old age), "It beats the alternative."  Off to the gym I go. 

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