The roller coaster theme continued yesterday but in reverse from the prior two days. If you recall, on both Tuesday and Wednesday mortgage backed securities rallied early on but gave back all the gains following disappointing treasury auctions of 2 and 5 year notes. Yesterday, MBS moved lower in the morning but following a successful auction of 7 year notes they managed an impressive rally closing higher on the day and at the highest levels of the week. A few lenders repriced for the worse in the...

Not long ago, a well-intentioned friend pointed out my hole in the middle -- and I'd thought just the knowing had filled it, but I was wrong. Not only does it "go right through" (like the children's song about the donut), but it is cavernous.

Seeking help, I turned to Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh's "Mindful Living" audiobook, downloaded from my library. When he got to his description of true love, my tears flowed.

My loves do not give me freedom,...

Ok so Sunday the 28th was my 18th Birthday.. it was all that great like everyone thinks to me it was just another day to party have fun and be yourself it wasnt much different than any other day. than besides the fact that i got a puppy. His name is Sami he is 6 weeks old 7 weeks monday. he is a mix puppy (lab and mut) but still really cute as are most puppies. But as of right now life is just life.