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9:00 AM EST, Thursday, December 27, 2007: I rushed back to the city to catch up on paperwork, have a couple of meetings, play tennis and write today's column. I arrived with severe bronchitis and stern warnings from my family NOT to take any antibiotics. It seems antibiotics don't work against viral illnesses, like bronchitis. We're all overusing antibiotics. And when I really need them, according to my family, they won't work.

Meantime, I can frolic in my bed, trying to "sleep" off the coughing, which actually hurts.

That said I'm devoid of investment ideas. I am pleased with Apple, which actually hit $200 yesterday before closing at $198.94. How can one not be optimistic for a company whose products dominated every Christmas giving?

Macworld Expo is coming to San Francisco on January 14-18. In it Steve Jobs will announce a bunch of new products, many eclipsing (as usual) what Microsoft and others are doing.

The Jew in love
A young Jewish man excitedly tells his mother he's fallen in love and going to get married. He says, "Just for fun, Ma, I'm going to bring over 3 women and you try and guess which one I'm going to marry."

The mother agrees.

The next day, he brings three beautiful women into the house and sits them down on the couch and they chat for a while. He then says, "Okay, Ma. Guess which one I'm going to marry."
She immediately replies, "The red-head in the middle."

"That's amazing, Ma. You're right. How did you know?"

"I don't like her."

Next column will be Wednesday January 2, when, hopefully, I'll be well.

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