Authors and Their Ages

Added on October 18, 2021 by C. Maoxian.

Jonathan Ames — March 23, 1964

Stephen J. Cannell — February 5, 1941

Reed Farrel Coleman — 1956

Eoin Colfer — May 14, 1965 (Irish male)

Michael Connelly — 1956

John Connolly — 1968

Robert Crais — June 20, 1953

Tim Dorsey — January 1, 1961

John Dufresne — January 30, 1948

Allen Eskense — 1963

Michael T. Harvey — 1958

Joe Ide — 1958 (Japanese-American)

Stephen Mack Jones — 1954 (black)

D. Daniel Judson — 1962

William Scott Landay — July 23, 1963

Danny Lopez (pen name) — N/A

Walter Mosley — January 12, 1952 (light-skinned black)

T. Jefferson Parker — December 26, 1953

James Patterson — 1947

George Pelecanos — February 18, 1957

Mercedes Rosende — January 13, 1958 (female)

Alex Segura — 1980 (male)

Karin Slaughter — January 6, 1971 (female)

Martín Solares — 1970

David Swinson — N/A

Joseph Wambaugh — January 22, 1937

William Wells — 1945

Dave White — 1979

Michael Wiley —1961

Movies Watched -- Diabolique (1954)

Added on October 17, 2021 by C. Maoxian.

In French … 116 minute running time so at least 20 minutes too long … this is a movie with a twist and bits and pieces of it have been endlessly copied and imitated ever since, so it’s a classic in that sense … I liked it and you should see it, but it doesn’t get a green-go, since it’s too long and evil at its heart … French censors handled nipples under thin nighties differently from American censors, but you still couldn’t get away with crime in 1954.

Movies Watched -- Moonstruck (1987)

Added on October 17, 2021 by C. Maoxian.

102 minute running time so about the right length, maybe could have been tightened up a little, but this was a sweet story … what a pleasure to watch a PG movie where nobody swears or is covered with tattoos (1987 after all) … I don’t think the screenwriter John Patrick Shanley is gay, but he should be … Cher got Nic Coppola the part over studio objections … it’s a good screenplay (won the Oscar, not that that means anything) and there’s fine acting (except for Nic of course) … I’d say this is a green-go if you’re in the mood for a rom com from the late 1980s, I enjoyed it … and Farr liked it too (“a flavorful, heartwarming delight….”), even though it’s a straight love story.

There for the Big Win

Added on October 16, 2021 by C. Maoxian.

More words of wisdom from the great Linda Raschke:

“The key to most traders’ success is that they find something that they know intimately well, they can apply it consistently, and then they are there for the big win. Always make sure that whatever you do is scale-able.”

Lost In The Stars

Added on October 11, 2021 by C. Maoxian.

The Spotify algo found Ruth B. for me … love her voice and control and this song:

Movies Watched -- Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

Added on October 8, 2021 by C. Maoxian.

112 minute running time so at least 20 minutes too long … in Spanish, which was nice to listen to, a pretty language, but boy was this violent, I mean graphic violence, people being shot in the face and have their cheeks cut open or being pummeled to death with a bottle, yuck, and the nightmare creatures they created were just terrifying. The story itself was kind of cute and the little girl star was very cute, but I wasn’t super thrilled with this, no idea why it’s on so many top lists. It doesn’t make mine.

500% Runners in the Last Several Years

Added on October 7, 2021 by C. Maoxian.

Master list of charts (15 minute bars) to study, minimum 500% moves above previous close, click to enlarge. scAMEX tickers are noted as such. Any one of these could have blown up one’s account. Print them out and paste them on your wall. Feel the fear.

Movies Watched -- The Damned (1969)

Added on October 4, 2021 by C. Maoxian.

157 minute running time so at least an hour too long … it was a good idea, exploring how the capitalist class (“industrialists”) in Germany collaborated with the Nazis — a very interesting topic — but this movie was a mess, just absurd, which is a shame. “Martin … proves to be only a psychopath impersonating an effeminate gay man.” Come on, spare me, sweet holy hell, you can give this a miss.

Charlotte Rampling, more than 45 Years ago

Wrestling the Wind

Added on October 4, 2021 by C. Maoxian.

Dana Williams is beautiful and talented … love her voice:

Movies Watched -- Toni Erdmann (2016)

Added on October 2, 2021 by C. Maoxian.

In German. 162 minute running time which means it was over an hour too long … sweet Jesus, whom do I have to blame for recommending this one?!? Kooky German Dad and uptight businesswoman daughter, I threw in the towel after 20 minutes, who could possibly have found this interesting or entertaining? Who cares about Sandra Hüller’s droopy tits? Oh the mainstream critics are going to go wild for this one, but I beg you not to see it….

Adam Graham is right: “… its beats are repetitive and its message belabored”

Dick Brody nails it: “… a personal story that remains as schematic and impersonal as a position paper … The mystery of the film is why … Ines doesn’t say something like ‘Dad, stop; you’ve caused enough trouble already.’”