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Archive for January, 2009

Cold almost over?

No swimming, no lifting, no breathing through my nose for the last 5 days. Sucks, but I think it is almost over. I think I will do what the USMS forum calls a yoga practice tomorrow. It is a swim practice that is slow and easy focusing on loosening up more than [...]

No training today

Woke up last night at 2:30am with a horrible headache, drank a glass of water, took a tylenol and went back to sleep. Woke up at 3:55am with a horrible headache, drank a glass of water and went back to sleep. Woke up at 6:00am drank a glass of water and went back [...]

More trainning

I joined Lifetime again last night. It only cost $15 to be added back onto my wife’s plan, which is not what I thought it cost last time. Next month, it will be an additional $50/month for me.
This morning we left at normal time, 4:40am, to head out for a swim at Lifetime. [...]

Stepping into Options Trading

I will be placing my first options trade Monday. Well, not my first, but my first with my new options only account where I will be regularly trading options.
I started out wanting to do naked puts, where you get paid to buy a stock if the stock price drops below a certain point. [...]

Swimming Goal: Break 1:50 in the 200 Free

My fastest 200 free time is a 1:50.0x when I was a Jr. in high school. I have decided to try and beat my best time, now that I am old and fat.
After discussing this goal online in a Masters swimming forum, I need to make a few changes to accomplish my [...]

Sector Spread

A thought crossed my mind, “How great would it have been to short Ford a go long on Toyota.” By betting Ford is going to go down, and Toyota is going to go up, what I am really doing is saying Ford is that Toyota is going to outperform Ford.
Lets say I thought of [...]

Last paycheck of 2008

My last paycheck this year actually happened on the last day of the year, and since I actually had a day off, I decided to look at my electronic paystub and see the damage for the year.
After looking at my gross pay for the year, and my net pay, I have come to the conclusion [...]