CD, First of all, great post. We all know who are referring to with the famous "You gotta Believe!" speech, and I can understand your concern. A few points:

I agree with you about Livermore, most people are willing to take quotes they hear about him a face value without studying or knowing anything about the man or even reading the entire test of Reminiscences. Anyone who would dare try and trade like Jesse Livermore is almost certain to fail. Why? Livermore was essentially, what Jim Sinclair refers to as a "Market Intuitive" as was Bert Seligman, as was Roy Neuberger and as presently is, in my, view Jim Sinclair, himself. There is one other person I would dare place on that list, Eric King. I have seen enough to know this is true. Not heard enough, not read enough, but actually seen enough to know he is the real deal. Any of you who seek out such people of special abilities like this know that they are exceedingly rare. You also might know that they tend to cluster, like they did in Silicon Valley in the early 70's and still do today to an extent. That's why people like Keith Barron and Eric King meet up in a lifetime and why, when they do, fantastic things happen.

There are "intuitives" in every field of endeavor. Edgar Cayce was one involving health matters as is Carolyn Myss today. Anyone who saw Derek Jeter throw out Jason Giambi on Oct 14th 2001 understands that true intuitives perform in all areas of human experience. If you have ever made a study of contemporary music, listen the the Beatles. Listen to them enough and you understand that there are many forces at work that are beyond logic and simple understanding.

My group and everyone associated with my group is still 100% into our Kimber investment. And we are in for well over Two million dollars. No one has backed of. I can guarantee you that it is not because any of us are "trying to do the manly thing" and "Finish what we've started" or some other such tripe.

Years ago I was a resident in training. The program I was involved with was terrible. I was not getting good training, so I left right in the middle of it and went somewhere else. For those of you who know a doctor, I would suggest you ask him or her how easy this is to do. The stress was tremendous on my family and myself. I got many talks from others about "finishing what I had started" and "seeing things through until the end." I had a house I had to sell, no license and no income, two small kids and $120,000 in outstanding loans. It was exceedingly difficult, much harder than would be unloading all my Kimber, especially since I bought almost all my Kimber at an average price of 83 cents. It was, however, one of the best things I ever did. I had to.

When I left, I wrote this letter to my son. He was two years old at the time:

Good Morning My Son,

Well, it's almost time for our family to head out on our great adventure to California to see what sort of new adventures we can uncover there. I am looking forward to it with anticipation, and I must admit to you, my son, I am a little bit uneasy about the journey as well. I am your dad, and I want to bring you up to have courage in the face of great challenges and adversity, but I must tell you here that sometimes this is difficult. It involves faith in God and belief in yourself, and sometimes, especially in difficult times, in times when your resources are strained and you are very weary, such faith and belief can be very hard. If I make the decision to leave this residency program and set out on my own, it will be for me, but it will also be for you, my son, to show you what can be done and what must be done when you have dreams. The lives we live here can be very short. They are meant for us to achieve things, to contribute to the growth of our nation and race as viable parts of the community of souls that belong to God. It takes courage to recognize and accept that mission. I want to teach you that and let you know that you too are special. I also want you to know that when someday you too are at this troublesome jumping off point, I was here, and, for better of for worse, this is what I did. Love, Dad

I just gave a hitting clinic for 9-12 year old boys yesterday. One of the main lessons I taught them is in the words of Derek Jeter, "Baseball is a game of adjustments" One must always be willing to change one's thinking and not be stubborn. A player who insists on hitting a fastball will ultimately get nothing but curve balls, and will fail. So too is it in many things, at least in my view.

Everything is well with Kimber. I haven't heard all of the show yet this week, but I understand Jim is going to talk about Juniors.

Also, keep this in mind. I would like to answer every question I am asked on this board. I don't always have the freedom to do that. There are certain people I know who know about about Kimber, but they are also very private sometimes. I can't just write whatever I would like. I would trust that by now you have judged me as someone of integrity. I work hard to be such a person. That integrity involves respecting the intentions of people close to me who see things that others do not see. I also care about all of you. If something really bad was happening,I would find a way to let you know, to warn you. But this is just not the case.

I can tell you this, once again. Nothing has changed with Kimber as far as the outlook goes. If you don't want to believe, then don't believe. But don't think the whole game is based on fact finding or research into what can be known entirely by you. It is not. It is part logic, part intuition and part grace. I've done everything I can to line you up in such a way.

Also, go to www.kitco.com and vote for that Lemerande guy on this week's rant contest. He's a Kimber investor and it would be very good press for Kimber if he won.

Right near the top of the main page click on the link So You Think You Can Rant. It's right in the middle of the page.

If any of you have questions for me, you can always reach me through this board in private. I am traveling to New York in a few weeks to the Hard Assets Show with two of my "top lieutenants" so to speak. I hope to run into Bob Moriarty there and meet Peter Schiff. Should have some interesting stuff to write about when I return. Bull