Wednesday, June 5, 2024

Rambling After A Most Remarkable Day -- June 5, 2024

Locator: 48069RAMBLING.

I don't know where this will go. 

This has been a most incredible day. 

Mostly the market. 

But more.

The "more" was a note from a reader. A very interesting note. I will refer to him as Reader X -- I am not aware that I had heard from him before. He said he identified with me -- based only on what he read on the blog -- and needed to talk to someone. He said he had no one else who would understand his feelings today / tonight. He had had an incredible day on the market today; making as much as he had ever made in one day but he was depressed. 

That's not unusual. I saw it all the time during my medical career. It's akin to post-partum depression. 

It sounded like Reader X had more money than he needed -- in fact, I don't think he even knew why he was investing any more .... more on that later.

I'm going to stop here; come back to this later. My mind is distracted.

I think I will complete this story elsewhere. 

Random thought: after re-reading his note, this thought flashed across my mind. There were others. Reader X is not alone. Del Shannon. Hunter S. Thompson. A third: a great writer whose name I've misplaced. 

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Beach Boys

For the archives, on YouTube: "Endless Harmony: The Beach Boys Story (Documentary)"; SmileySMILEE67, posted four years ago.

I purposely won't finish the documentary tonight. It's too good to just sit through and not be 100% into watching it. Needs to be watched during "the midnight hour." 

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Gilda

I think I've watched Gilda more than once or twice, but not sure if I ever watched it from start to finish in one sitting, nor do I ever recall having really paid attention to the movie.

Tonight, it came up on my YouTube mix -- I didn't look for it (the movie). Just imagine. If YouTube can do this, imagine what "AI" will be eventually be able to do. This movie -- Gilda -- was exactly what I was ready to watch tonight.

It was awesome. 

Casablanca: 1942. Ingrid Bergman. Humphrey Bogart.

Gilda: 1946. Rita Hayworth. Glenn Ford.

See this -- link here.

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Ten Songs You Didn't Know Were By The Beatles

WatchMojoUK, eight months ago. 

Link here.

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Reader X

I'm drawn back to the note from Reader X. My hunch: he's not alone. Investing is a very, very interesting vocation. Reader X sounds like a really, really serious -- but amateur investor -- who is depressed because he did so well, not because he was a "great investor," but because he was nothing more than "lucky." 

[Note: the reader and I have corresponded so what I'm writing here will not be "new" to the reader. At least not the general theme.]

Maybe I should stick to just writing about the Bakken. LOL. Wow, that would get old. 

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