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In the interest of site brevity, I have moved my previous market comments here.

To all my friends and site visitors:

My sight has finally degraded to the point that I can no longer navigate web pages, so my ability to post to my personal website will be limited to occasions where I can persuade my son to give me a hand.

I have an appointment with a retina specialist on

November 25th, and with luck he will find that

retina surgery will be some help in sustaining my

sight for as long as possible. I am hopeful that I

will have more news on this possibility the day of

my appointment.

Anyway, it is becoming increasingly difficult even

to do normal day to day things, such as dialing a

phone, cooking a steak, or even spotting my white

dog on our beige flooring. I'm not sure how people

who are blind from birth accomplish anything in

life, and now that I know what he had to face, my

respect for Ray Charles and his accomplishments

has gone through the roof.

Anyway, my friends can still try to email me by

clicking on the mailbox above and sending messages,

but I don't know how long I will be able to handle

email communications, either. If you make an

attempt to contact me and do not receive a response, please do not feel offended. All it means is that such communication is now beyond my grasp. I'm sorry.

For my closest friends, I can still be reached by phone, but I don't want to publish my number on the Internet. Please email my son James at gumshoe218@aol.com, and he will send the number on to you so you will be able to reach me by phone.

Lastly, I don't know when and if I will be able to update

this site again, so to all my visitors, I hope you have a joyous

Thanksgiving Holiday with your family and friends, and I

extend best wishes to you for the yearend Holiday cele-

brations.

Happy New Year to all!!!

MAS

11/19/2009

Important!!! (July 11, 2010)

I am finally incapable of reading the Internet and my

emails. To get in touch with me email my son James

at gumshoe218@aol.com.

Please tell him who you are, how you know me, and at

what phone numbers you can be reached. Return calls

will be haphazard because I can not yet use the phone to make such calls on my own. Sorry for the inconvenience!!

I'm sorry, but I can no longer read text, so I am incapable of processing emails and maintaining correspondence with my friends and former business associates.

Close friends can reach me by calling the house after 9 PM. If you do not have the phone number, feel free to contact my son James via the icon mailbox near the center top of this web page. He will give me the message and I promise to get in touch with you.

Thank you!!

Michael A. Sofia

A special wish for all my friends and site visitors:

May you have a wonderful holiday season, with much festive celebration in the company of family and good friends. And, may next year bring you good health, much happiness, financial security, and much joy both on the way to work and as you return home.

Lastly, to Al and Tony, may the market treat you well, and may all your decisions be easy and profitable!

Please send my holiday wishes to Alexandra, Marc, in Jane!

Michael

To my family, friends, and frequent visitors…

I am leaving Wednesday, March 16th, to visit some close friends out in Las Vegas.

I've been looking forward to this vacation for a long time. While away I will not have access to a computer or my e-mails, so this will really be a vacation. I'll be back at the same old, same old on my 63rd birthday, March 30th. Until then, please stay out of trouble!

Michael