After a couple months, the firm takes a company trip to New Orleans. The first night a ton of people get extremely drunk and cause havoc. The next company trip winds up being a trip to Milwaukee.
Daily Archives: September 25, 2007
I Fought ACME9 and ACME9 Won: Part 3 Monstrous Early Losses!
Finally, I get to trade. They give me one of four accounts. My account has about 13 million dollars in haircut, which is what they refer to the amount of money the account is using to cover its risk. Skagnetti tells me that my account has a ton of edge in it and will make …
Continue reading “I Fought ACME9 and ACME9 Won: Part 3 Monstrous Early Losses!”
Beatlemania
George Harrison: They used us as an excuse to go mad, the world did, and then blamed it on us When Bob Spitz’ recent book came out I said to myself I can’t read yet another Beatles book, what else could there possibly be, but a few days ago I found a copy of Spitz’ gigantic book …
I Fought ACME9 and ACME9 Won: Part 2 Red Alert!
While I’ve been out of commission, my mother has been in contact with work and the word is just get better, take your time before coming back, make sure you are well. That’s all that matters to us. Sometimes, I wonder if they had already decided to just fire me at the first possible moment.
It’s Chris Ferguson for Responsible Gambling!
Chris “Jesus”Ferguson bugs me. I’m sure he’s quite nice, but despite his desperado look he’s as boring as those books they made you read in high school. If I see him throwing more playing cards at fruit I will retch. But he finally tipped me over the edge tonight.