I’m not a weed smoker nor have I ever enjoyed it on those few occasions in the past where I gave it a try. But I do vehemently believe in an end to the criminalization of all those currently-controlled substances which are proven to be non-physically addictive to the human body. These drugs are only presently illegal due to a repressive instinct in our quasi-Puritanical society towards controlling what other sovereign citizens choose to do with their own bodies.
Yet more evidence continues to mount and now several nations are speaking out:
Just came across this on Slate earlier today and got a kick out of it. It’s NSFW language so avoid if easily offended (that means you, mom!). For the rest of us, get ready for a kick:
Back during the holidays while working at a job that required me standing for nearly 12 hours straight, I suffered a kind of pinched nerve in my leg called meralgia parasthetica. It was quite painful and eventually caused me to be laid off from the job in question.
I endured this condition for over a month with absolutely no signs of improvement. I tried hot and cold compresses, medicated anesthetic pads, strong doses of ibuprofen. Nothing could make much of a dent.
Finally I tried a free consultation with an acupuncturist after reading online about people who suffered from chronic pinched nerves and how a couple had been healed entirely with acupuncture. After just one visit and a 20 minute treatment, my conditions cleared up almost entirely! I ended up going back a few weeks later to insure the last few tinges of pain would dissipate for good.
Worth trying out if you’re in this area: Balanced Acupuncture. The first visit is free. Tell Heather I sent you.
I have a friend I met in Fort Lauderdale last year who takes his rickshaw around the country to college football games, Mardi Gras, Spring Break and wherever else he can set up shop and run a rickshaw throughout the day, charging $10 a person to go from the parking lot to wherever people need to go.
Kev makes a ton of money every week and I for one wouldn’t mind making a ton of money, even if it’s only for a few weeks. But can my fat ass haul a rickshaw around? We’re talking a bicycle here so it’s not as bad as it could be. But still, I wish I could head to Wildwood, NJ where he’s at now and give it a try.
What’s the worst that could happen? Cardiac arrest? That’s for sissies.
I don’t know exactly how it got started but I have been listening to a lot of 70s soul music. Somehow I heard a couple songs, grabbed a few more, and now I’m listening to some of this stuff round the clock. One of my recent favorites has been the 1975 hit from Blue Magic, Chasing Rainbows.
Check out the smooth groove and harmony…
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Not the first losing day ever, of course. I’ve had plenty of those over the last 18 months, before I started trading this strategy. In fact, I’ve lost enough money to buy a small car at this point.
I’m talking about the first truly brutal loss since I began the new flag trading strategy. After nearly 8 straight winning days I took a couple nasty losses during the Asian session last night and got hit hard again this morning. I didn’t want to be one of those guys who only tells everyone when he wins, so it was important to me to be honest and make this post.
After building the account up in the first week, I lost more than half the profits in the last 18 hours. It’s a sobering reality and a harsh lesson that I cannot let a good string of wins lull me into taking sketchy trades outside the rules and during off-hours when there is little momentum.
I’ll be back, of course. I’d already deposited more money earlier today and I am still up overall both this week and last. I just need be more careful that great gains aren’t wiped out by stupid losses.
Just taking a moment to tell you about this great new show if you haven’t already seen it. I could tell you that Game of Thrones is based on a series of well-regarded fantasy novels by George R.R. Martin, but I haven’t had the chance to read any of them. I could tell you that it stars the greatest, most underrated actor of his generation, Sean Bean. I could even tell you it’s the most engaging fantasy universe I’ve enjoyed on film since The Lord of the Rings.
Since coming back to forex trading last week I have accomplished what I could not do in the first 15 months I dedicated to this practice: achieve back-to-back profitable weeks. It’s true, veteran traders say it takes novices usually two years to get two (or more) profitable trading weeks in a row. Last week I finished up 6% and this week another 14% in the bag.
This week wrapped with four straight winning days and would have had a fifth on Friday (charted the signals I would have taken and would have had 5 out of 6 winners) but had to drive dad to see his doctor. I pulled down between 2-4% each day and finished the week up 20% on total account balance. I am hoping to add cash to the account this week and am looking to crack the first $1000 in the weeks ahead.
First heard this song watching the movie Zombieland, of all things. I loved even the small part I heard of it enough to search it out. I listen to it all the time now and it’s a great folky, slow dance number you have to hear. It’s one of my favorite songs now.
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After taking a few months off, I am back with a small Micro trading account. Foreign Exchange currency trading (Forex) is an exciting way to trade currency pairs from all around the world. I began studying about 18 months ago and it has taken me this long to get reasonably competent (this stuff isn’t easy).
But now I have some very sound strategies in place and have developed all the “personality” tools to succeed. To make this official, I am linking my account page on MyFXBook, a service which dynamically catalogs all trades in any active account with my broker. This link provides some cool metrics to visualize how well (or not so well) I am doing at any time.
I’ll repost this link as time goes on, but for now here are the results from the first week or so with the new strategy:
