Thursday, December 31, 2009

Gutes neues Jahr !

That means Happy New Year in German, literally Good New Year.

This evening I will do some powerful voodoo to help ensure a prosperous New Year. I'll make about four dozen golden spring rolls. Having spring rolls at New year's is a Chinese "good luck" charm - I learned this from the famous Chinese chef and restauranteur of the 1960-70s, Joyce Chen in cooking classes in the mid 1970s. The reasoning that spring rolls are good luck is that they are made to look like bars of gold. Thus having them for New year's is a good luck charm.

I suppose it's similar to my grandmother saying that having sauerkraut at New Year's was also good luck. Maybe it's for the same reason - sauerkraut can look like golden threads.

My spring rolls are baked, not deep fried - I get the gold color by spraying them with Pam, or brushing with olive oil. The filling is hamburger, bok choy, green cabbage, green peppers, onions, oyster sauce and various other Chinese spices. I'll make four dozen and have them for New Year's eve dinner with Mrs. B along with a fine Golden Kryptonite Martini.

Hey, that's a double voodoo spell !

Wait ... quintuple voodoo - I'm making some golden sauerkraut for New Year's day dinner, along with a pork roast & golden Bavarian potato pancakes. Maybe I'll have a bottle of fine German reisling wine, too. That would be quintuple voodoo as the wine is a golden color.

Doing my best for the common man ;)

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I still have the S&P January puts. If the market doesn't drop during the first week, I'll roll them forward into a later expiration date.

Word of the Day

"Preterite" - adjective and noun [$10] Grammatical
Preterite means (adjective) expressing a past action or state; (noun) a preterite tense or form.
Sentence: As all events of 2009 will soon be described only in preterite tenses, we can hope that 2010 will bring good news for the common man in its soon applicable present tenses.

60 comments:

maverick said...

Spring Rollsssssssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

that should bring Mernie back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sounds delicious Bman

I'm in for four dozen of the Bunkitinis

fire up the cougar coupe!!!

Bud said...

good morning Bman !!!!!!!!!!!!!


got some bad news from starbucks this morning..........tomorrow is gingerbread latte's last day til next thanksgiving..........oh well

Bunkerman said...

Hmmm I see Ohio State plays Oregon tomorrow.

Normally the Buckeyes perform very poorly in the Rose Bowl ... any bowl game, actually.

not booking any bets on the Buckeyes, although I will root for them.

I'm surprised Oregon even has a team, being a state of tree huggers. I would think football was too violent for them.

Oregonian: Peace, man ... pass me the bong ...

Bud said...

cougar coupe


lmaooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Bunkerman said...

Continuing Claims 4.98 mln vs. 5.10 mln consensus; prior revised to 5.038 mln from 5.076 mln

08:30 ECONX Inital Claims 432K vs 460K consensus, prior revised to 454K from 452K


still too high, falling too slowly.

Obama's crappy stimulus to blame there.

Bud said...

yes..........oregon tree huggers ............also a state full of fags

mfl59 said...

boy Bunkerman you flipped the switch very quickly.....you may hvae to bring mern back as a guest blogger to really get the bearish theme going...

Bunkerman said...

not really .. I wrote last summer what my expectations were on jobs, etc.

And was worried about that POS bill = Pelosi-Obama-Stimulus bill.

Not being met.

I'm not in love with my positions or stances ... I can adapt, improvise ...

Bunkerman said...

I wanted & expected job growth by year end. It's not happening.

POS bill likely cause.

Ben is doing his job, but the leaches in Congress are sucking teh blood out.

Bud said...

Bman do you get the nfl-network??


the best bowl game of the season on tonite at 6 ( so within your tv viewing hours)

iowa state v minnesota...........big12 v big10.........gonna be some hitting........i can't wait



4 dozen bunktinis?? no way..........4 cases of mikes hard lemonade..........2 each of mikes hard mango punch and mikes harder cranberry lemonade



sounds declicous Bman!!!!

Bunkerman said...

and was taking profits on longs around 1100 for a few months, too.

Bunkerman said...

four dozen spring rolls; a pitcher of bunktinis.

Bunkerman said...

yup, I get nfl network.

mfl59 said...

"mango punch"

"gingerbread latte"

"starbucks"

"iowa state-minnesota"

as Jeffrey Greene might say..."What the fkkkkk!"

Frosty said...

Oregonian: Peace, man ... pass me the bong ...LAMOOO

Spin-em said...

as Jeffrey Greene might say..."What the fkkkkk!"



ROFLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

Frosty said...

spot on bunky...certain the only conservative 50 mile radius...I stick out like Sal at airport secutity checkpoint.

Bunkerman said...

lol, yup, that turban must draw TSA like flies to s%$#

;)))))

Bunkerman said...

check that ... maybe not ... I heard TSA focuses on old ladies and kids, to be fair & equal.

I suppose they give hot babes a good patdown, too.

Bud said...

at least i don't stick out like a fag at the airport...................ya'know............larry craig style


wide stance faggot



PS...........still wanna be pals???

Bud said...

we need to profile at the airport Bman............so much waste of time and money patting down grandma and kids........it's so ridiculous............cuz profiling is 1 of the most effective law enforcement techniques

unfortunately it gonna take a disaster to make that happen

Bunkerman said...

yup, Bud, correct.

But it's gonna take a new President and Congress. W started this nonsense.

Spin-em said...

pffttt ...nobody liked my color coded jets plan Tom Ridge style..all we need is paint..and stay away from tan/black and red jets...NEXT!!

Bunkerman said...

in anticipation ....

No, I have not and will not flip my puts this year.

mfl59 said...

Bud is "jim" a good kisser?

Frosty said...

TOM RIDGE PLAN...LMAOOO...don't forget yellow, chinnllleeee rickshaw nonono floattyyy roundeye.

Spin-em said...

shoes underpantsbombs,,,pfttt...TSA all ya need to do is ask one question to the peoples of color....What do you think of the jews?....you see an eye,vein pop..well... Houston..we have a problem.....NEXT!!

Frosty said...

" I'm inclined to move toward cash"...thx jim...read your cash...biggest Visa skim ticket day of the year...sorry busy, punch the tickets then off to walk some raw land.

Frosty said...

Bunky...what should we do for a 2010 helmet contest...SPX year end, 10 year yeild year end, date Sal comes out.

Mikey said...

Nice work in 2009 Bunkerman.

You’ve had many good trades this year, as well as very good market timing calls. Thank you.

Do it again in 2010.

Happy New year to all the Bunker boys. Thanks all.

mfl59 said...

SPX year end!!!!! I'm in!!!!!

Bunkerman said...

thanks, Mikey.

Let me think about the 2010 Helmet award, frosty.

Frosty said...

back at ya mikey...but let's go easy on the bunkstroking...already tough finding a helmet to fit his mammoth macroscopical monstrous monolithic monumental massive melon.

Bunkerman said...

ohh, I am a humble man ...

1987 and 2008 made sure of that.

mfl59 said...

Bunkerman a few of the boys are a little concerned that a permabull like yourself is now leveraged to the short side...please offer some soothing words sir...

Bunkerman said...

soothing ?

well, I don't see any doom coming.

just a pullback since the news is not as good an anticipated.

I figure the beefers are propping the market up to collect fees and will support fast once they book them. Asset allocation aways from stocks in early Jan will add to the drop; looking for 5-7%.

A reasonable pullback will bring in "real buyers" ;)

If it doesn't materialize, my puts will be 23 skiddoo

;)

Bunkerman said...

aka I'll skeedaddle quickly.

Bunkerman said...

some weakness might even kill ObamaCare, which would be very bullish LT.

mfl59 said...

and what are your thoughts on the financial transactions tax in 2010, or "wing tax" as some refer to it?

Will it finally be put to rest or does it gain real traction?

Bunkerman said...

dead.

Schumer is powerful in the D party. He's kill it i fit ever got moving.

Plus Obama is from Chicago. they don't like it either.

Dead.

Bud said...

permabull ?? leveraged short side ?? soothing ?? huh ???



Bman is a f'ng trader.............he playin ping-pong..........just like any good beefer wud..................ignore him Bman


Bman is seeing opportunities to make money......he acts on them.......ace af'ng moron.......also a jerk

Bunkerman said...

however, a VAT I do expect to be proposed.

Bunkerman said...

I have proposed one myself to replace social security tax, etc.. Maybe Obama reads this blog ?

mfl59 said...

last time I checked Bunkerman doesnt need you to speak for him Buddy.....now go pick up the wine coolers for tonight...son

Bunkerman said...

besides, I'm dooing quintuple voodoo over the next 30 hours to counter Obama's evil magic.

;))

Bud said...

wine coolers sound delicous!!! i use to drink them by the gallon in college


Bman did you drink wine-coolers in the 80s and 90s ?? peach -mango -stawberry all good

Frosty said...

Oregon -4 what a gift...slamdunk...Liz rare air on a 5 ft nerf hoop.

Bud said...

date sal comes out



hahaha ....................very funny frosty................you know what else is funny???.............when i bust a cap in your knee


ace thinks i don't the 'big onions' to pull the trigger..............make my f'ng day douchebag

mfl59 said...

Bud can you verify the following statement...I heard it from a kid who used to wrestle for Northern Iowa...

"There are only 2 things to do in Iowa...fight and fkkk"

Bunkerman said...

nfw re wine cooler.

Sheesh

I drink whisky on ice ... no water ... like a man.

Bunkerman said...

nahh mfl, one can watch the grass grow and the hogs eat, wallow & mate.

;)

Frosty said...

helment contest...how many broads will Sal shag this year...ooopppssss...never mind.

Spin-em said...

A HAPPY HEALTHY NEW YEAR TO THE BUNKERDOM!!!WHERE FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION,BALL BUSTING LAUGHTER AND QUALITY POSTERS OVER QUANTITY REIGN SUPREME!!lol

Bunkerman said...

ditto, Spin.

Bud said...

helmet contest..................how many boys will bob shag this year..........



'so predictable'

'tedious'

'fag jokes'

Bud said...

i wonder what the Bman's esteemed readers think about my gobbleegook.............printing
and passin out to their kids ????

Spin-em said...

?????......azzhead OD on the pills....quick Frosty ..call the cops!!

Spin-em said...

oven roaster .99/lb...

Frosty said...

happy new year bunk, boyz, nonposters.

Bud said...

happy new year Bman !!!


keep up the good work..........even some of your stupid and silly and nonsense and idiotic theories came true this year................don't forget..............nfl network at 6 today...........iowa state v minnesota



go CYCLONES go