Borgen S01 E07

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Long-suffering house husband, Philip.  Surely they could afford to hire a Polish nanny to take the strain off.

SPXS Perfect Setup Thursday Morning

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Not just SPXS (-3x SPY), but SQQQ, SDS (-2x SPY) all buzzed at the same time, look back at all of them. SQQQ not as successful on Friday given afternoon whip around, but be sure to watch QQQ tone and SPY tone separately. This is what day trading is all about.

Borgen S01 E06

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Torben Friis, comes across as a real prick.  And that sweater doesn't help.

Borgen S01 E05

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Kasper, the spindoktor, not the ghost.  He is haunted though, by something unspeakably horrible.

Beijing Food Prices -- Mangosteen

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Mangosteen are another special fruit I'd never see before living in China.  They look like old style hand grenades, but inside is a ball of this wonderfully tender sweet white flesh.  They cost 45.80 per kilogram (US$7.34) so each one in this package costs about 81 cents, let's call it 80 cents a pop. Luxury fruit.

Mangosteen interior

Beijing Restaurants -- Tadka

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Breaking the golden rule of never patronizing a hotel restaurant, Tadka (formerly "Tamarind") in the Marriott Northeast is worth visiting.  They have a lunch buffet (yes, another golden rule, "no buffets," broken) that costs 135.70 (US$21.71) per person which is a pretty good deal. There are two hot meat dishes (predictably lamb rogan josh and chicken masala) and two hot veggie dishes, skewered broccoli and chicken cooked in the tandoor oven, rice, bread, dal, fruit, kheer, and unlimited 7-Up.   Everything is good.

This may be the best Indian restaurant in Beijing, but I'm no expert, I'm just stuffed having overeaten there.

Lamb Joe Rogan, distant relation of Josh.