Archive for October, 2012

• The Internet Runs on Gasoline
  Posted by kid dynamite on October 31st, 2012 at 9:07 am, Comments: 0

  We lost power at 10pm on Monday evening.  My generator kicked on quickly, and the cable and internet (both Comcast ($CMCSA: no positions) continued to [...]

• My Favorite Touchdown Dance Ever – Gronk’s Palace Guard Strut in London
  Posted by kid dynamite on October 29th, 2012 at 8:47 pm, Comments: 0

  I’m generally not a big fan of theatrics after touchdowns in the NFL, but Patriots Tight End Rob “The Gronk” Gronkowski unleashed a tremendous effort [...]

• Homebrew Batch #22 – Frankenstorm Peanut Butter Porter
  Posted by kid dynamite on October 29th, 2012 at 5:07 pm, Comments: 0

  As Hurricane Sandy’s effects blustered outside, the USPS delivered my PB2 powdered peanut butter, which meant that I could brew my Peanut Butter Porter. I [...]

• Ummm, No: We Just Like To Pretend We Are Whores For One Night
  Posted by kid dynamite on October 29th, 2012 at 8:43 am, Comments: 0

  Catchy title?   It’s an answer to the NY Times’ latest “Room For Debate” question, emphasis mine: “In her essay in The Times, the author Bess [...]

• Homebrew Batch #21: Smoked Porter
  Posted by kid dynamite on October 27th, 2012 at 5:47 pm, Comments: 0

  I used this recipe from HomeBrewTalk, and modified it a bit to account for my poor efficiency and 2 1/2 gallon batch size.   I went [...]

• Stop Orders Don’t Protect You From Gaps
  Posted by kid dynamite on October 26th, 2012 at 12:38 pm, Comments: 0

  This is really basic stuff that I hope won’t come as a surprise to most of my readers, but I figured I’d bang out a [...]

• Sex Markets Data Points Of the Day: Virgins and Steven Colbert’s Balls
  Posted by kid dynamite on October 25th, 2012 at 5:38 pm, Comments: 0

  1)  It costs $780,000 to have sex with a Brazilian virgin – a female, that is…   Via HuffPo: By losing something, Catarina Migliorini could gain [...]

• Amazon.com Sales Fact of The Day
  Posted by kid dynamite on October 25th, 2012 at 5:23 pm, Comments: 0

  From their earnings report: ““Our approach is to work hard to charge less. Sell devices near breakeven and you can pack a lot of sophisticated [...]

• Wynn Q3 2012 Earnings Call Tidbits
  Posted by kid dynamite on October 25th, 2012 at 9:19 am, Comments: 0

  As I’ve done previously, I’m going to go through the transcript of $WYNN ‘s quarterly conference call and pull out what I find to be [...]

• WYNN Gets Lucky In The Quarter
  Posted by kid dynamite on October 24th, 2012 at 7:26 pm, Comments: 0

  A fun and easy analysis that I’ve done previously is to look at the impact that luck has on the earnings reports of $WYNN  (no [...]

• More On David Einhorn’s Chipotle Short Thesis
  Posted by kid dynamite on October 24th, 2012 at 2:00 pm, Comments: 0

  From the Greenlight Capital Quarterly Letter (H/t Dealbreaker), presented without comment: -KD disclosure: no positions in $CMG or $YUM Share on StockTwits

• This Is What Happens When You Try To Joke With A Waiter
  Posted by kid dynamite on October 24th, 2012 at 8:39 am, Comments: 0

  So I’m out at a bar last night with members of my over-30 indoor soccer team after our game.   We’re having a few beers, and [...]

• Was The Death Of A 14 Year Old Girl Preventable? (Monster Energy Edition)
  Posted by kid dynamite on October 23rd, 2012 at 9:14 am, Comments: 0

  I want to write a post about yesterday’s Monster Energy ($MNST: long – bought on the dip) news, and yet I don’t: I worry that [...]

• WSJ Writes About Lloyd Blankfein’s Locker Room Nakedness
  Posted by kid dynamite on October 19th, 2012 at 9:30 am, Comments: 0

  I never thought I’d see the day.  File this one under “Signs of the Apocalypse” ? “Mr. Smith outlines moments when he came into close [...]

• You’re Surprised That Clearwire Is Down On This News?
  Posted by kid dynamite on October 18th, 2012 at 9:50 am, Comments: 0

  A few quick words on Clearwire ($CLWR: no positions), if I may… CLWR rallied from about $ 1.30 to about $ 2.30 in recent weeks [...]

• Quick – Someone Check In On ZeroHedge and Make Sure They Are Still Alive
  Posted by kid dynamite on October 18th, 2012 at 9:25 am, Comments: 0

  I found an email in my inbox this morning with this story about a new S.E.C. head in their New York office, with the note: [...]

• Sprint: Turning Japanese (Or: Why Sprint Isn’t Trading Higher This Morning)
  Posted by kid dynamite on October 15th, 2012 at 9:10 am, Comments: 0

  Last night a story broke that Japan’s Softbank had reached a deal to buy a controlling stake in Sprint ($S: long).   The deal structure is [...]

• When You’re On Top Of The World…
  Posted by kid dynamite on October 14th, 2012 at 12:17 pm, Comments: 0

  Posts have been a bit thin recently, I admit.     It’s not that I was basking in the glow of what I thought were some pretty [...]

• Dave And Busters Fails To Sell It To You Sucka
  Posted by kid dynamite on October 9th, 2012 at 8:43 am, Comments: 0

  I meant to write about this story from last week, but I ended up being too busy, then went out of town, yadda yadda yadda, [...]

• Greed: Anatomy of A Trade – Vringo Meta Post Edition
  Posted by kid dynamite on October 4th, 2012 at 1:37 pm, Comments: 0

  I guess I should write another post about Vringo, since the stock has gone bonkers over the last 24 hours.  Warning: this will not be [...]