Before breakfast today, the Dow Jones plunged 450 points, causing Steve and Stan to put Virg on suicide watch, confining him to the ground floor. Virgil continued to watch the markets, while Stan and Steve watched to see if he would cash it in. If this happens, Stan gets the laptop and Steve gets the car.
By the time breakfast was on the table, the Dow was back into a more normal situation, and Katie added special strawberries to help ease the troubles.
We're kidding about all this, of course. Virg is far from being a day trader, his big picture market positions are controlled by other, more rational variables. He watches these swings with mild amusement, as the blonde talking heads in the popular media wow and shriek over the Dow and Nasdaq. Everything is good on Rock Crest this morning. The sun continues to shine.
