Hoping for a Recovery

So, I’m still home with a sore back playing Mr. Mom trying to help get everyone healthy, or at least healthier.

All the while hoping that I do not come down with whatever they had.

I say this because my wife and I are convinced we have a couple different illnesses going around.

She and my oldest definitely had the flu. (probably swine flu) but without a proper test there is no way of telling for sure.

The other two kids had high fevers and very stuffy snuffled noses.

Me, I just had a bad back and a grumpy attitude.

So, this week we are hoping for a recovery.

Because we are way behind with Halloween preparations, work, and other daily duties already.

Well, enough about all that stuff already, and more about things related to this blog.

The Good News: I finally went 2 for 3 in my FF leagues. Even though Santas Little Helpers decided to under achieve, I still managed to defeat the former top dawg in the league.
My other win was a result of some other people being a bit stupid with trades which ended up giving me a half way decent team. I am no longer bottom feeder of the league. Watch out guys, here I come!

Bad News: Stocks are taking a beating this week.

Couple things I learned last night

I need a new TE in two of my fantasy leagues. Chris Cooley broke his ankle and is probably out for the rest of the year.

The Redskins didn’t look any better in HD.

Actually, statistically, on paper, they did not look all that bad. Just got killed with 6 sacks and 4 turn overs. Duh, that will kill your chances of winning most everytime.

It is looking like Snyder is, once again, managing to stay in the news and excel at what ever he does.

The bad news is that he is currently excelling at loosing.
Trouble is he is doing it at the expense of an entire organization.

And to top it all off, first there was all the bit about suing fans, now there is this about trying to silence the opposition on national TV.

UNBELIEVABLE!!!

But there is good news. Even though national sales of Redskin merchandise is down nearly 47% from last year; I have it on excellent authority that folks as far away as Michigan are still buying Redskin Merchandise! Imagine that! What are the odds?

Well, until next time

Be Good. Do Well. Have fun.

Things I learned this past week…

Chinese symbol for knowledge

The Flu sucks. (I actually already knew this)

Our Family Practice sucks too. (Ditto on the knowledge thingy)

Seems they only give anti-viral medication (heck, just about any for that matter) to drug addicts, cancer patients, and enhanced athletes.
They call it their “high risk” policy.
Their best advice for folks/families who ALREADY HAVE THE FLU is to get a flu shot.
Never mind having kids (including a three year old) isn’t risky enough already…

Speaking of high risk drugged athletes. . .
I heard that up to 12 players on the Cleveland Browns caught the flu and that the Browns were going to catch a break and be allowed a player roster exemption. . .

Nonsense! We all know the Browns can’t catch!
Especially when it comes to anything related to pigskins…

The only thing worse than having the flu is having multiple people in the same family having it at the same time.

The only thing worse than having multiple family members sick at the same time is being sick with the flu at the same time as throwing out your back so you can’t move.

There is a GOD.

Mercifully, he has spared me the worst of this last bit of knowledge for the moment, but I do still have the bad back and the start of a cough.

GOD has a sense of humor.
So it only hurts when I cough, or laugh…
I just know he is waiting until I get over the back thingy until I get what everybody else has.

We were actually torn on the whole flu shot thingy…

– Partly because of number 2 above…
– Partly because there is a part of me who believes in the pound of dirt theory…
– Partly because my wife and I see stuff like this on the news… and think once again about #2.
– Partly because it was only a few short years ago that I got my first flu shot ever, (my wife was either expecting and or we had a new born), but the flu shots that year were not for what ended up being the most prevalent variation and I got it anyway.

You probably are getting very tired of me RANTING . . .
Too Bad!

If my FF team (Santas Helpers) can pick a week to under achieve. They will.
As of right now I am 5 points behind and have two defensive players and Chris Cooley playing tonight.

If you take a chronically bad performing FF team (Pariahs) and decide to play spoiler and accept trades from others who go raiding, you actually might get a better team and start winning…
I now have Big Ben, AP, Sproles and Vincent Jackson.
As of right now I am amazingly 18 points ahead going into tonight.
I have Cooley (notice a pattern) and he has Maclin left to play.

I’ll stop for now but I’ll be back!

Promise.

In the meanwhile, Be Good. Do Well. Have Fun.

And stay away from evil medicine hoarding family practitioners!

Should-of, Would-of, Could-of…

But didn’t.

So after my post on Saturday of calling SVA and Qdel a good bet. What happens?

I place a limit buy on SVA. That is to buy it as long as it does not go above a certain price. After all, if it jumps up, I figure that day traders will do a little pump and dump and it will go down and I will end up paying too much.

So what happens, it opens higher than my limit price and never looks back.

Monday SVA opened 14% higher. My limit price was 10% higher.

It then progresses to go up nearly another 40%!!! In one day!!!

That is a 53% gain !!!

That is not hype, that is hysterics!!!

Time to Stock up?

In the old days…
Back to school meant more shopping. More shopping meant spending more money on the economy.

Now a days…
Back to school means snuffled noses, sneezes, germs and the dreaded H1N1 !!!
And stock market hype!!!

At this point, I’d like to thank the following….

WHO for saying that this flu season could be even worse.
and
The pharma companies (some of them at least) finally getting around to developing a vaccine.

The swine flu (pandemic) index I put together last spring is once again on the move.

This week alone has seen quite a rise in two of my favorites on the is list; Qdel and SVA.

QDEL – develops the test for the flu which your doctor does when you go to him or her and say you don’t feel well.

SVA – develops the vaccine you take, so you don’t have to take the test.

Though I might be a day (in this case a week) late and a dollar short, I think it is time once again (for those who a willing to take a bit of a risk) to ride the hype wave.

As always, invest wisely and good luck surfing!

Ahhh-Pooh!

This week has been another fun filled action packed week at work which, in my opinion, has produced a more viral reaction in the media, and the public eye, and my business’ pandemic preparedness planning as part of paragraph 3, subsection 1, of the business continuity plan than the actual swine flu!

But it has been good for stocks, flight cancellations and makers of disinfectants and surgical masks!

You see, I was supposed to go to Ft. Wayne Indiana this coming week for a conference. I know, some of you are saying Ft. Wayne? Whats in Ft. Wayne? I know I certainly did…

Well, for one thing, not the swine flu! But that did not stop all non essential business trips.

Then there was all the hype with stocks that deal with infectious diseases, vaccines, and such.

Some saw astronomical increases in price. And, I have to admit, I took a chance – not sticking with my stock investment strategy and plan – with one (Qdel) which was nice enough to go up over 20% in 4 days.

So I took my money and said thank you very much – and Bless you to the market for it’s reaction to a sneeze…