i am trying to finish some very tedious paid work, which has fully occupied me for a month's worth of free time and will pay maybe $1600. but meanwhile Fermiscan, which I bought at 70, sold at 99, then bought again at 1.17 and watched dive to 88, has zipped up 27 per cent today. just today. I sold 5000 at 1.25, and now am not sure what to do with the rest; probably sell another 4000 and keep 2000. meaning I'll have earned two-thirds of what this boring paid work will bring me in a single day.

then again, you don't get days like this very often. never. and this is a weird and volatile stock with a really stupid p/e ratio and no actual product as yet. still, at least it's ethically good: beating breast cancer is a nice idea (well, early detection: same thing, really).