Friday, September 4, 2009

Sayonnara Summer

Summer was minimal here. June was all rain & cold. Some pleasant days occurred in July, but then August was mostly rain or horrible hot and humid weather. The past few days plus perhaps another two weeks was all we had for a pleasant summer. With the Labor Day weekend approaching, it's over. Often a bad winter is offset by a good summer. Not this year. Last winter had enduring extreme cold. This summer had excessive rain and cold. Uh ... I guess global warming took a break.

Languages

My language self-learning program re-started successfully yesterday with hour-long lessons in German, Polish and Latin. Having previously scoped and explored the entire grammars over the past few months, I am now going back to the foundations and doing a multi-sense approach: reading, listening speaking, and writing all together slowly with simple sentences and concepts first (except French gets more complex sentences as it's a year further along). Today I'll hit French and German and Polish again. This weekend, Italian and Spanish are re-started. Over the next year I hope to get all six languages on good learning paths. This is a five year plan for fluency in all six by age 60.

Here's a tidbit. All my languages derived from old Indo-European. Let's explore this a bit. Below I list the word for third person plural of "to be" in all seven (including English).

English: are
Latin: sunt
French: sont
Italian: sono
Spanish: están or son in different senses.
German: sind
Polish: są (pronounced 'so' with a bit of nasalization of the 'o')

The similarities are obvious, but English is the odd one. I wonder why ? There are other peculiar aspects of English, such as its "do" constructions and its mandatory progressive verbs in present tense. These can be traced to old Celtic, but then, where did Celtic get them ? They are not Indo-European. From an aboriginal people in Europe before the Indo-Europeans ? Genetic data suggest this is possible. More to come in a future blog ...

Markets

A decent rally occurred yesterday after a few down days. This is how the prior pullback ended. One might note that the levels of support here are higher than for the last pullback. My list for buys is not progressing well. I'm not having ideas for good, individual names. Most of my ideas are large cap stocks already in Mrs. B's Sky Fund (UTX, MMM, ITW, etc.). I'll keep working, though.

Perhaps I'll do nothing, except ride this bull elephant to the next waterhole.

Food

This weekend I make my world famous spring rolls - a few dozen. I'll post the recipe sometime, but as they are reminiscent of a pile of gold bars, they are totem for much future good fortune.

Word of the Day

"Abreaction" - noun [$10]; and "Abreact" - verb [$10]
Abreaction means (psychology) the free expression and consequent release of a previously repressed emotion.
Abreact means (psychology) release (an emotion) by abreaction.
Sentence: The August town hall meetings seemed to cause large numbers of the American people to abreact their fears of being dominated by an oppressive government. I've wondered for awhile whether this quality of Americans is learned or has a inherited component from self-selection of their ancestors to move to the new world.

60 comments:

Bud said...

good morning Bman !!!!


love to see a '1' handle on the jobs number today

mfl59 said...

Sring rolls? on Labor Day Weeekend? interesting....

no sausages? no kielbasa?

Bud said...

every mornings posts takin longer to read..............gotta go to the dictionary.....totem ???


yday......polemical .....tranliteration........sceloretic ( or somethin like that )


Bman are these words from HL Mencken ??

Bud said...

sorry about your 'beavers' frosty.......tuff loss


hey ace............who do you like......alabama 'tigers' or the va tech 'cavaliers'



what a f'ng moron

Bud said...

i bet you wud like some sausages..............f'ng yankee fag



'so predictable'

Bud said...

" hey Sal...........why you gotta be like that......why you gotta talk shit...........be so mean.....so rude......so nasty ?"


cuz i'm a nasty motherfucker !!!!!!

Bunkerman said...

yes, a "1" would be good, and a flat unemployment rate or downtick.

Bunkerman said...

no those are just words I've piced up over the lears - some are $10 words I can now incorporate in my normal writing and speech.

Bunkerman said...

I'm going to buy sausages today for Monday & next week when my father-in-law comes. He lovess pasta with sausages.

Spring rolls are Saturday & Sunday meals.

Bunkerman said...

omphalophysite was a Mencken word.

mfl59 said...

gay jokes and that dumb ass line from some movie....throw in a "danke vielmals jim" and your posts should be complete for the day....

Bud said...

lmaooooooooooooooooo

Bunkerman said...

Here's a good Polish word:

skurwysyn (masc. noun) - son of a bitch, bastard, son of a whore.

Bunkerman said...

9.7% unemployment rate. Bman still in 1st palce, but frosty is closign fast. He needs 9.8% to win.

mfl59 said...

9.7%....beautiful

"Happy days are here again"

Bunkerman said...

Mav, mfl, spin far out from contention.

Mern's silent 20% is on the moon.

Bud ... did not enter ... on był tchórz ... cluck, cluck, cluck.

Bud said...

actually not bad

job losses dwindling...............and the unemployment rate is not that meaningful

mfl59 said...

Just like the ice cream cone I'm gonna eat this weekend Bunkerman....

"Can you double dip that in chocolate please?"

Bunkerman said...

it's improvement, but needs to keep improving to zero loss, then gains (Q4 is my guess).

Bunkerman said...

lmaooooo.

I'll have some extra spring rolls with that bunktini.

I guess with gold pressing $1000 again, those spring rolls are timely.

Btw, having springs rolls on Chinese New Year is a totem for good luck for the year as they resemble gold bars. I heard that from a famous Chinese cook years ago - Joyce Chen.

Bunkerman said...

it's hard to believe that these pundits get paid big $ for the crap they put out.

improperly analogizing endlessly with metaphoritis ... arghhhhhhh

Spin-em said...

"Pride of the yankees..........good movie...........lou gehrig a great player."......



Yanks win 7 in a row. Jeter draws closer to Gehrig on the All-Time Yankees hit list

.330ba MVP MVP MVP

HOF???...Naaaah he sucks...right Khalid???

comprende??pendejo!!!

Spin-em said...

WAIT....WAIT....JETS WON???

LETS GO JETS!!!

Yes..Id like to trade my pink Vick for Sanchez jersey please


ROFLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

Frosty said...

paint me up a helmet toss me the keys to the half track pops think we have a prom king...a pundit...maybe a sage.

Frosty said...

Bunky...have you cut back hours for the servants that swarm the bunker grounds.

Bunkerman said...

nope, frosty. And I'd like to hire a handyman part-time, but don't want to be his mother/nanny as Obama-care arrives.

Landscaper has free rien to palnt flowers for the fall, etc.

no cuttbacks here.

A business depending on common vices (gambling, liquor, girls, smokes) is recession-proof.

Bunkerman said...

the skim seems very solid ...

mfl59 said...

Handyman? Landscaper?

A common man does that stuff himself, no?

Spin-em said...

how do you keep the skim from being skimmed while in absentiaville???

Bunkerman said...

I am a common man mentally in my thinkg, not necessarily in day-to-day life. I admit to an epicurean life style ($500/bottle scotch, etc.)

Bunkerman said...

My sniper rifle (good for over 800 yds) provides psychologial discipline, spin.

Bunkerman said...

psychological

(typing too fast)

Bunkerman said...

for longer range, the .50 Barrett with the 24x scope & tripod mount does it.

I have a T-shirt with "Don't run, you'll just die tired" & my Barrett on it.

Bunkerman said...

guys, the capo gets paid whether the soldier makes money or not.

Pay me or else.

As long as they pay my skim number, I'm happy.

Bunkerman said...

(you guys know I jest "a bit" ... but a big kernal of true is there)

mfl59 said...

Perhaps you should watch "Casino" Bunkerman....see when the skim gets too low....when the men start skimming form the skim...well, someone's gotta pay...

Spin-em said...

people are people....as long as you get yours and have your time(which is huge thing)...good for you

mfl59 said...

Well, the beers and kielbasa will be flowing on Labor Day here in good ole NJ....as we watch our boys in Scarltet put a thumping on Cincinnati....

Go ahead Bud...bet against Rutgers...see what happens...

Frosty said...

"It is going to be tough to find much of an edge on day like today"...thx jim...go finish up those 2 dozen bear claws.

Frosty said...

Sal all JAZZed up to get back on the lam from his book...I think so.

mfl59 said...

Bud can we get your weekend picks please sir?...that would be terrific...

Come on pal...put aside the anger for a few hours....

Frosty said...

Cramer's Portfolio beat 9 out of 10 of the ten largest mutual funds rated by Morningstar and Lipper in Q1....sharkfolio even move the needle.

Frosty said...

Bunky...link for GS hedge fund monitor http://www.mebanefaber.com/2009/09/03/goldman-sachs-hedge-fund-trend-monitor/

“Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster.”

Bud said...

i have a t-shirt at home

' don't run bob, if i can't behead you.......i'll stab u in the back '




PS......still wanna be friends ??

Bud said...

lemme ask you a question frosty


did you become a douchebag in recent years...........or were you born a douchebag??


nobody i know gives an F about this sharkfolio......or whatever it's called..........we are in there for the daily stock picks...........and thanks to it i have a roof over my head and 3 meals a day


what a f'ng prick bob is



PS.......still wanna be friends ??

Bud said...

oh forgot


danke vielmals jim !!!!!


also

danke vielmals mern !!!!


you really nailed the swine-flu stocks.......F lookin for a job..........stick to the market



did i complete my posts ace ?????

Bud said...

listen ace


i ain't your 'pal'............i ain't never gonna be your pal........traitor.....deserter........judas.........benedict arnold..........go to hell !!!!




did i complete my posts ace ?????

mfl59 said...

Bunkerman how much money do you have with Shark Asset Management?

Bunkerman said...

nil ... zilch ... nihil ... nulle ... rien.

Bud said...

what the F does that mean ?????.....ok .......i'll play along



Bunkerman how much money do you have with sac-capital ?

nil ... zilch ... nihil ... nulle ... rien





Bman makes his own decisions........he doesn't need any help.............some people do


PS.......Bman still buyin stox based on a good washing machine ???

Bunkerman said...

well, Bud ... Mrs. B did NOT buy GE do to its crappy washing machine - a good call, too.

And bought McD due to its fine quarter pounders .. a fine call, too.

And bought AAPL due to their fine iPod & MacIntosh. A fine call.

Whatever works.

Bunkerman said...

She uses that method ... partially.

Not me.

Bud said...

and i am in the category that needs help.............i can't pick stocks to save my life

remember..........i'm 'not too bright'.........i am merely a ping-pong player


you guys really are abunch of know it all pompous douchebags


not you Bman......... they know who they are

Frosty said...

"Whatever works"....nonono Bunky there is only one way, the shark way...thought he made that very clear to you.

Bunkerman said...

hmmm Red Faces are doing the usual September swoon ... back to their old ways. reutrn to normalcy.

out 7.5 games behind America's team, the NEW YORK YANKEES !!!

Best record in baseball, better without the drugs. return to normalcy.

Mets: hmmm 18.5 out - return to normalcy there, too.

What a grand Q4 it might be: Yankees win the World Series

The S&P cracks 1200

Ahhh .... the elysian fields of joy ...

mfl59 said...

"know it all pompous douchebag"

now if that doesnt describe your boy to a T than nothing does...

"i have a tv in every bathroom"

"my house looks like a best buy"

what an arrogant prick...

Sorry Mrs. B for the vulgarity

Bunkerman said...

Sans doute, il est une tête de nœud.

Bunkerman said...

On jest również skurwysyn.

Bunkerman said...

ahh languages ... such a dividend ... being able to call someone a vulgar name without being vulgar to most readers.

Bunkerman said...

enjoy the weekend ...
bunktinis soon in the sun on my lawn chair ...