Fantasia

In the closing scene of "The NeverEnding Story", the Childlike Empress presents Bastian with a single glowing speck of dust. It is all that remains of the once great Fantasia.

Last week, Tilt swept through my bankroll like The Nothing. The $17 I have in my wallet is like that single glowing speck of dust. In all honesty, it sounds worse than it is. While, true, it's no picnic to lose $12,000 in a week - it's nice to still be showing profit for the past couple months.

Slowly but surely, I'm rebuilding. Maybe one day, far into the future, I'll learn my lesson.

Nah, probably not.