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I haven’t posted anything to do with Forex in a while.  There is a reason:  I haven’t done any trading!  I have been busy most evenings and just don’t have the time to sit in front of the charts.  Tonight would have been ideal but I have already ruled out trading because of a large drop on the EUR/USD that takes any of my usual ranges out of play.  Anytime the currency hits a new high or a new low then I am sitting back and waiting for another day time to trade!  The spread is also at 3.5 pips and that is way too high considering that I have such small pip goals.  So, I look to other things to entertain me.  How about video games?  It has been a while since I have posted a Zero Punctuation review.  So, here is a gem.  This could be one of the most bitter and angry reviews ever.  I have to say that I agree with him for the most part.  I hate the Sims games.  Why would I spend my free time telling some little character to work and eat and sleep…that’s all shit I have to do!  I want to do things I won’t ever get to do in real life like score a goal in the NHL or car jack a guy after beating a cop to death with a bat.  Perhaps I have said too much.  Check out the review for yourself.

Happy Canada Day to anyone who is here in the North with me!  To the Americans, I will certainly send you my best on the 4th.  I am out doing holiday type stuff and am posting this remotely.  So, without further time wasting…here is a comic from SMBC.  This is a seriously creative way to get your kids off of fast food.

As I mentioned yesterday, I went to visit a new Toronto bar on the weekend. This isn’t just some new place, but a Toronto opening of an established name. The 3 Brewers at Younge & Dundas is a micro-brewery that serves only their own beers. They have 28 locations in France and have a spot in Montreal as well, under the french version of the name Les 3 Brasseur’s. The Toronto location is actually pretty cool. They have a ton of seats available as a result of having split levels in their building. The unfortunate part of this layout is the maze you have to find your way through in order to get to the bathroom. This could be a really big problem if you have had too many of their beers. Once you figure out your route the first time nature calls, you should be alright. The menu is pretty fun and is styled like a newspaper. It’s contents are pretty diverse. Unfortunately we weren’t in the mood to try any of their specialties that evening. We did rock some of the poutine and it was fantastic! I will give them the benefit of the doubt and assume all their offerings are equally good. As for the beer…hit and miss. I loved the environment so I was happy to say I enjoyed their amber style beer. I am not sure if that will last. Having only their own brand kinda hurts. I sampled the other types they serve: blond, wheat (the shy sister) and dark (virago). I probably wouldn’t order any of the others as they just aren’t my style. The dark beer was kind of interesting though. This thing has a heavy coffee smell and taste. Maybe I could start drinking that in the morning! All in all, there is nothing that really separates the beer from what you would get at other micro-breweries. Having a quality pub with great food certainly helps to make them a place to check out. Next time you are down at Younge & Dundas you should pop in for a pint at 3 Brewers. Here is a shot of their sampler.

Hello everyone.  Once again I fail to write much at the end of the week.  Things just get so hectic that I don’t have time to blog.  Well, that isn’t completely true.  It is more like I am either too drunk or too boring to have anything good to write!  I did manage to check out a new spot downtown Toronto last night.  I, as usual, forgot my camera!  I did snag one shot with my BlackBerry though.  I will write about that tomorrow though.  I also plan to give you a before and after shot of my dentist visit on Monday.  I broke a front tooth recently and need to get that fixed.  No big deal…I have broken my front teeth about 10 times now.  That’s the price of being a small guy with a big mouth!  As per usual, here is a comic that has nothing to do with any of that.  But, it is kinda funny in a “mock religion” kinda way.  Enjoy!

As I mentioned in my last post about drinking and golfing, this wasn’t the first time I teed off of a beer can.  I did the trick a year or two ago as well.  My form was much worse than this last video, but the drive actually worked out a lot better.  I hit that one dead center of the fairway.  I also managed to sink a putt while drinking a beer.  This putt wasn’t a gimme either, it was a 6 footer!  Another thing I noticed is that I seem to wear the same outfit golfing no matter when or where I am out!  I think it’s time I picked up a new shirt.  It is also pretty clear that I don’t age.  I didn’t take any videos of that adventure from the past, but I did snag some good photos.  Here they are.

*The best tee ever…empty, of course

*The setup for this is tough… after chugging the beer to make the tee

*An ugly follow-through, but the can is still upright!

*I needed to sink a 6 footer…but I also needed a sip of beer.  Why not do both?!

I mentioned yesterday that I had a messy round of golf with Johal on the weekend.  We decided to hit up Hockley Valley once again.  The course kicked our asses.  Maybe it had something to do with the massive amount of beer we drank.  Maybe it was…wait…no…it was the beer!  I threw together a quick little video of our day on the course.  There are gaps in the video that match up with the gaps in my memory.  Isn’t golfing the best?!

Sorry for the lack of posting.  Again, it has been a crazy weekend!  I went golfing at Hockley Valley again.  I got a couple of good pics.  Not only that, I also have a video of myself trying to hit my drive off a beer can.  It may seem like a dumb idea…but after a few beers it was the best idea I ever had.  I will get those online later today or tomorrow.  For now, here is a web comic from SMBC.  Enjoy!

This is a pretty funny picture.  My girlfriend sent me this one because it is from her home town of Fort Erie, Ontario.  This is right near Niagara Falls, about an hour and a half away from Toronto.  I have visited many times when she is back visiting and I have to admit that the place is a little depressing.  It seems like the only business that is doing well is the WalMart.  After seeing this sign, I am thinking that people should probably just drive around Fort Erie.

My god I actually managed to get a trade in!  This was a pretty easy one to see.  I like it when the currency settles into a little valley down near a low for the day.  This makes it easy to get into a buy trade with some confidence.  That’s exactly what I saw when I fired up the charts at 5:45pm and immediately got into a buy on the EUR/USD.  I didn’t have to wait long for this one to pay off.  At 5:49 I got a swift little jump upward that went about 3 pips in my favor.  I decided to walk away at that point.  This early in the evening you generally get very small movements in the 5 minute candles.  I didn’t want to stay in this trade just on the hope I would squeeze out another couple of pips.  Besides, my strategy is all about small gains that add up over time.  3 pips is more than enough for a couple of minutes of work.  I know I haven’t traded much at all this year, but I have managed to make pips every time I do.  I can’t wait until school is done so I can do this more often!  I know I have yet to release any kind of strategy guide on how I trade.  I honestly didn’t think school was going to suck so much of my time.  I am in the middle of my 2nd of 3 semesters.  3rd semester is a lot lighter.  Hopefully I can put something together at that point.  I would be happy to see how much money people could make using my strategy!  Here is the chart for today’s trade.

Trade Summary:

Buy EUR/USD - 1.3834
Close Trade - 1.3837
Pips= 3

Another crazy weekend!  I managed to continue my trend of doing really awesome things…and forgetting my camera!  I got to play golf at a private course on Saturday.  Normally, places like that keep hooligans like me and my friends out by making it expensive to be a member.  Lucky for us one of our friends, Nik, is a member and he took us out there for his birthday.  The course was Caledon Woods just north of Toronto.  My foursome played 2 on 2 best ball and we still managed to score pretty high!  Needless to say the course kicked our asses on a few of the holes.  Below is a shot from a friends iPhone.  This is an awesome action shot of me driving the ball.  Since you can’t see where I hit the ball I will just tell you I drove it further than Tiger Woods can.  We managed to drown our sorrows in some expensive beers!  After that we continued the drinking at Nik’s place.  I got to bed somewhere around 4am or so.  Long night!  I spent Sunday in bed right up until hockey in the evening.  We kicked the living crap out of that team 11-1.  I actually managed to contribute with 3 points.  One thing I did to help break out of my slump was go back to an old stick.  This was a stick I used about 4 years ago and it got me plenty of goals back then.  More than anything I think the height of that stick is perfect for me.  I am probably going to cut my other sticks down to that height and hopefully I can get on some kind of a roll here.  Speaking of hockey, the Pittsburgh Penguins won the Stanley Cup on Friday.  They managed to edge Detroit by a goal in game 7.  It was a tense third period with Detroit missing the tying goal by an inch when Kronwall hit the crossbar.  It is actually pretty funny.  Pittsburgh goalie Marc-Andre Fleury gives the crossbar some love after it saved his ass.  Check out the video!

 

 

*Here is the shot of me teeing off on a Par 4.  This pic doesn’t do justice to how horrible my swing actually is.