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The Disciplined Trader

I recently read The Disciplined Trader by Mark Douglas. I’m interested in learning how to trade the market, and this seemed like a good choice. There are many books that point out trading strategies or give tips on how to find winning stocks. Douglas takes a different tack, his goal is to help the trader [...]

Embiggen

Way back in February, I posted about some words that I had learned, and I gave one word that I couldn’t find a definition for: somaticize. Yesterday Karen from Austrailia saved me. Somaticise is to believe mistakenly that an emotional pain is a physical sympton. This occurs often in alexithymic individuals who are devoid of [...]

Book Meme

You’re stuck inside Fahrenheit 451, which book do you want to be? I’ll confess that this question baffles me a little. One of my favorite books of all time is Animal Farm, so I’ll pick that one. I read it in high school and it has stuck with me all this time. “All animals are [...]

Ender Wiggin

I finished reading Ender’s Game this morning. Phenominal book. That’s high praise coming from a person that doesn’t read novels very often. If you enjoyed The Matrix, then you’ll like Ender. I strongly recommend it. After that I started reading Blue Like Jazz. This is a great book, too. Miller’s writing style is very easy [...]

Vocabulary Update

In my reading, I’ve come across some words that I had to look up. I’m including them here for your benefit. Excoriate: 1 – to wear the skin off of; 2 – to censure scathingly. Usage: The Democrats have excoriated President Bush. Manumit: 1 – to release from slavery. Usage: All plantation owners were required [...]

Reader

One of the gifts that I received for Christmas is a nice sized gift certificate for Amazon. At first I had to think about what I would get, becuase while I like to read, I wouldn’t describe myself as an avid reader. I don’t read on a regular basis, I don’t have a list of [...]