I mentioned that the dow is up 5 days in a row. Good retail report from the US. The general perception that most people overcompensate - that fear is the primar

I mentioned that the dow is up 5 days in a row. Good retail report from the US. The general perception that most people overcompensate - that fear is the primary emotion in work right now. My paycheck. My net worth. Interest Rates. Gas prices. Spent the weekend in Montreal, and there were crowds everywhere. The feeling that while the US is the sick man of the world, we're all a lot less dependent on the US than we were even a year ago. Several people expressing the same opinion to me - that it's a US problem (including americans who had come to Montreal for the primary purpose of partying, secondary purpose of shopping). My paycheck. My net worth. That I booked 2 more trips this weekend (home for Christmas, vacation in February). I'm not an economist, but I'm optimistic based on my own bank account. And I've got validation from other people around me, who have the same (rapidly growing) bank accounts. And in general, I'm a contrarian. I was at the center of Web 2.0, and my general perception was that it was almost entirely fake. I'm suddenly optimistic, because all the fakesters have been exposed. That enough?