#6 They both want to cut certain government programs

Video. Jeff Mangum of Neutral Milk Hotel playing at Occupy Wall Street on October 4, 2011.

“Stop being so gay about it,” she says. “They’re fucking aliens. They’d kill us all.”

We got drunk instead, buying cans of beer from the NYC delis who sold them to us. We careened around the city like that, from deli to deli, publicly urinating, until it was time to catch the last train back to Long Island.

When I traded in a larger office with more 20 or more guys, days like this were easier. You’d just watch the Urkels.

I quickly fantasized about being on CNBC. Balding, nervous and sexually cowed by Courtney Reagan… no… by Sylvia Wadhwa.

The VIX is a very misunderstood index.

The market is trying to knock you down. Keep you off your grind. Distract you from your purpose. Make you lose faith. It’s not just the market — it’s the whole world. Stay focused.

DT has a brief conversation with his father about the stock market.