Good Friends, Good Wine and Trading
Some things make such a nice combo.
As I’ve said before, I started dummyspots.com in order to share some of my personal experience with the pitfalls of trading. (Not how to get rich, else I’d be writing this from a beach somewhere, but maybe to help get to the “treading water” phase with less bloodletting.)
As the site grew and I met more and more new folks, some of the most wonderfully serendipitous events in my life began to occur. For one, as I read the ideas and opinions of other traders, my knowledge and, more importantly, my perspective on trading began changing and growing.
And best of all, I’ve made some great new friends. As we get into the rut of “living our lives” (you single college guys are excused now, this won’t make sense), paying the bills, raising the kids, working the job…. eat, work, sleep, repeat… you know the drill– it’s easy to get to a point where your circle of friends doesn’t change significantly for years and years. Only thing that changes is you need a bigger waist size and a shorter inseam on your pants. Well, I think through the trading blog community many of us have expanded our circle significantly.
As I write, I’m sipping a glass of some of the nicest wine I’ve drank (drunk? 
). I’m darned-near illiterate when it comes to wines; I’m just one of those simple people who “knows what I like when I taste it.” According to Google, this stuff won the International Wine and Spirit Competition trophy for the best blended red wine. It also scored a “94″ from Wine Enthusiast and was named “One of the top 100 wines of 2006.” It’s supposed to have a a bouquet reminiscent of spicy tobacco leaf and cigar boxes with firm tannins and a youthful palate. I don’t know about the other stuff, but I do note a distinct whiff of tobacco as I sip, and it’s a good thing- makes you think of being over in a private corner of a warm, cozy, dimly-lit restaurant, enjoying some fine food with a gorgeous guest… oh, sorry… drifted off there for a minute.
So to my good friend Lloyd, or Mr. Flatwallet as he’s better known, thanks so much for the wonderful birthday present! I’m enjoying it immensely, to the point where I’m afraid the bottle may not last through the evening. Hope to meet you and your sweet wife one day and thank ya’ll in person.
Oh, and kick some ass with that trading!
estocastica said,
January 26, 2007 @ 11:40 pm
Awesome! Have a great night!
Jason Coleman said,
February 7, 2007 @ 10:22 am
You got my mouth watering with your description of the wine, its score, and its awards. But what wine is it?
Feel free to log it at one my sites: http://www.winelog.net. It’s a site I put together because I too am (or was) one of those guys who didn’t know a lot about wine besides whether I like it or not. Keeping a log there might help you out if you are planning on drinking some more wine.
Will said,
February 7, 2007 @ 6:24 pm
Jason- Thanks for visiting. It was Meerlust Rubicon 2001. Visited both the winelog site and the investorgeeks sites, and enjoyed them greatly. I’m afraid I’m waay too minor-league with wines: the only name I recognized on the site was “Coppola” because I had some at a restaurant once. But your site looks very informative and maybe reading (and drinking) a bit based on the information and recommendations there will help me find even more that I really like!