Author Archives: shaboyjim

Volatility is my number one recommendation right now. I’ve bought call options in $UVXY which expire in a year. That is not a recommendation I would make. My risk reward spectrum is very high. I would recommend the $VIX to normal investors. Higher interest rates are responsible for these bank failures. SVB, Signature (which seemsContinue reading “Volatility”

Lunch Walk Everyday Charles leaves his building at exactly 12 o’clock. Some days he takes a walk over to Shop Rite to stock up on snacks. Some days he walks over to the park and does a couple laps there. Today was a park day. His snack shelf at work was all set. He hadContinue reading “54”

This is a work in progress from my one buddy. Still thinking of a good pseudonym for him so he’ll stay anonymous for now. Preface The year is 2048 and famine ravages the continental United States grip due to untreated climate change and the reemergence of pandemic level diseases. Massive droughts have ravaged the centralContinue reading “Food Run – Work in Progress”

Big Swoll I’m going to stop distance running. I’m just going way too hard. I’m wiping myself out. There’s no way I can make strength gains if I’m running 7 miles, 3 times per week. I woke up mad early this morning and did some deep thinking about it. I’d like to get stronger andContinue reading “53”

Imagine Not Being Me Imagine not being me. Imagine not sitting shirtless in a pretzel flexing in front of a mirror every night for 5 minutes and calling it “meditating”. Imagine not slicing up an apple every night, putting it in the same piece of tupperware, throwing in some oatmeal and soymilk and putting togetherContinue reading “52”

Getting Slaughtered My portfolio is getting slaughtered today. I’m up a ton over the year but today and yesterday I am down A LOT of money. It’s kind of awesome. This is what true price discovery looks like. If the S&P goes down 7.5% the markets get frozen. If it goes down 15% the marketsContinue reading “51”

Bucket Getter (work in progress) Chapter 1: Comeback “Find a guard!” Coach yells at Charles. Charles lands after working hard for a tough rebound. Charles is a strong wing who defends, rebounds, and shoots it well. His ball handling isn’t great, however, which is why Coach wants him to give it up. Lakeside is playingContinue reading “50”

New Lady There’s a new lady at my office. This is her 2nd or 3rd month. She’s incredibly bubbly. Sometimes it picks at my nerves. She sneaks up behind me and half-whispers my name and starts a conversation with me. She usually wants to talk about the bachelor or some other brainless tv show. SheContinue reading “49”

Too Much Coffee I like coffee. It gets me fired up. It makes me excited. I spend 8 hours per day, Monday through Friday, at my boring job. When I drink a little coffee I get fired up to work on our CMS. I get fired up to prepare next week’s promo. I get firedContinue reading “48”

The Dichotomy of Man Got some good lifts in so far this week. Did deadlifts, rows, and pullups yesterday. I stopped doing using alternate grip on my deadlifts. I’m just going to use the hang grip and focus on getting better form at lower weights. I started getting awful blisters from doing 10 sets ofContinue reading “47”