So, I turned 52 today.  I had the day off as vacation, but I've been sick with a chest cold all weekend.  I sat here watching a no-win scenario play out on the national stage.  Congress voted against the dreaded $700 billion banking bail-out.  While this was probably the ethical thing to do, I watched my portfolio plunge, trying to stay composed.  The largest point drop in history for the Dow Jones. 

 

My wife took me out to lunch and I indulged myselt with delicious & decadent BLT with avacado.  I found that after the closing-bell rang on Wall Street, that both my wife (and my pets) still love me.  Hard to put a price on that.