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Some Rituals Never Change

Every morning I steep a tall glass of earl gray tea for exactly 3 minutes. It’s important to avoid “burning the water” by boiling it too much. Accompanying the tea is a piece of toast, seasoned and with extra virgin olive oil. During today’s breakfast, I rather enjoyed a few slices of Russian Black Bread with poppy seeds. On occasion, like a mouse, I will eat a piece of cheese. My favorite is cave aged gruyere. The tea is purchased from Teavana ($TEA) and is of the highest quality. I like it mixed with milk and organic raw honey. If it is not made this specific way, I will refuse to drink it.

I don’t like sugar and I don’t like buying stocks ahead of Fed decision day.

I am a master of habit and will watch stocks all day, but will refuse to buy any. Once the Fed is out of the way, we can prepare for The Halloween and Turkey Gods– and don’t forget The Santa Claus Rally. Like I said yesterday, I am looking to buy DDD. Additionally, I am interested in RBCN and GLW, because of the iPhone 5.

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37 comments

  1. mrkcbill

    You sure your not 48?
    Macy’s is hiring

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    • MOOBER

      48? 78! He sounds like my Grandma Sissy (that’s what we called her)

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      • The Fly

        You’re both banned.

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        • jimmy_two_times

          My father makes sourdough bread from his mother’s recipe – no preservatives, no additives. One slice is a meal into itself, unlike that wonderbread shit where you need to eat a loaf just to get satiated.

          Oh yeah, and BAN those donkeys !

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  2. razorsedge

    fly ,how do you think the eruptions in the middle east will affect the mkt?

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  3. TraderCaddy

    You should check this place out some time (in Brooklyn ).
    Unusual and fancy teas.

    http://www.bellocq.com/

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  4. TheV.King

    PWAV is up 5% pre market..I like that with my breakfast

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  5. the man

    burning the water, that’s a good one

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    • John

      He’s talking about the right temperature of the water when it hits his tea. And I would hazard to guess he wouldn’t drink tea from tea bags, which were invented for convenience, not taste.

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  6. wtf?!

    As I strap on my Walther PPK each a.m., I prefer a martini, shaken not stirred so as not to “bruise” the gin.

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    • hic sunt dracones

      Shaking doesn’t “bruise” the gin? You must take your martinis in a china cup to challenge the tea in a glass fetish so admired in this column.

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      • wtf?!

        Go argue with the James Bond writer(s). I’m just quoting from every Sean Connery ) 007 movie in which he orders a martini (except for one in which he/they screw up and he has a stirred martini).

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  7. xxxHuggieBearxxx

    Toast will bring you to an early death, Sir Fly.

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  8. SUBCOMANDANTE CHINCHINILLA!!!
    SUBCOMANDANTE CHINCHINILLA!!!

    Gently bitch slap your gin for a refreshing change to your five o’clock routine.

    And next week, I’ll share some pube sculpting tips I’ve really grown to treasure.

    See you in the trenches – lightly scented with Bergamot, of course.

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  9. mg

    You are sadly mistaken if you believe that earl gray from Teavana is of the highest quality.

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  10. donker

    DDD is on the bottom of daily BBs, easy dip buy

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  11. Heisenberg

    ever try coconut oil in place of olive?

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    • noodle

      http://ow.ly/dGGBb

      This stuff is the best, silky smooth. It has to be cold pressed, expeller pressed will turn to liquid if you leave it out.

      In a past life I worked in a health food store.

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  12. BottleRocket

    Lots of insider selling this month in DDD. Conversely, lots of buying in MCP.

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  13. noodle

    That’s a pretty light breakfast. Is that all you eat until lunch?

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  14. Jeff

    Fly – milk and bread are very mucous forming.

    Stick with the studies of Arnold Ehret.

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  15. JTU

    MCP-You see! As I mentioned yesterday, MCP trades with quite a lot of volatility. I purchased and sold this stock for the second time this week. Cost 12.13 sold @ 12.64 for 4.2% gain. Looking to get back in under 12.00.

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  16. commercial

    This blog post was brought to you by teavana!

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  17. JTU

    Here comes the sell off before the FOMC announcement at 12:30. Fasten your seat belts!

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    • JTU

      Will gold spike or plummet at 12:30? Gold stocks selling off before the announcement.

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