This and this only. Your own feelings have nothing to do with it.

If $266 was possible, $1,000 will be a breeze.

1. It's either 0 or the moon for Bitcoin. Therefore, I would rather want to be positive if I am in this for the long run.

2. We've had not 1 but 2 similar situations in the recent past. BTC can go much lower the next few months, but it did not die the previous times either.

3. I already got my investment back times x. I can lose whatever I have at stake (currently dollars @ Gox which could vanish as well during my vacation   ) without shearing one tear.
That helps. That really really helps to remain positive.

For profit, I have to part from my emotional part that says 'hold on for the longest time'. Therefore, I'm currently out of BTC and await what happens. I mean, look at this chart: http://bitcoincharts.com/charts/mtgoxUSD#rg180zigDailyztgSza1gSMAzm1g10za2gEMAzm2g25zxzi1gMACDzi2gRSIzl
What does it tell you?
What does it scream in your face?

It tells you that its going down, and probably down for quite a bit and over a longer period of time. No guarantees, but I am acting pursuant to that conviction. If I am wrong, I can always buy again at a certain loss.

BTC is blowing off some steam. The lower it goes the next few months, the more room to crush $266 again in the long run. Consider this an opportunity.

Boy, do I long for the days before things fell apart..... 

Very obvious that this is denial....

You are supporting the right coins except for the runner-up: Feathercoin. This wallet software could grow to something big.

The fix won't be in until the larger part of this forum has started to do other things in life than checking this forum every 5 minutes. I remember BTC sliding towards 0 in 2011 and almost forgetting about it in the process.

Still poking at the 'Chasm'... 

The website does not show any products. The mine craft maps page (how does a visitor get there?) does not show a portfolio or test download to assess your skills. First prepare your business, and advertise afterwards.

I do not know all details of the banking system or my computer's OS either but I still use them regularly. I thought stake was not relevant for me since my wallet is encrypted.

Consider me rich when, not if, PPC reaches $1,000  

Question: why does my wallet not show the correct amount? It should be around 8200 but only shows 1800 (and some 6400 as 'stake')?

Be smart. Only below $30 it is attractive to add to current supply.

Even at very moderate adoption numbers, the big surge would happen before 2020. The recent run up to $266 just spoiled us a little bit   

Of course Bitcoin won't be the new currency of choice. Politicians won't choose Bitcoins as new world currency. Only the people themselves can decide so.

How does one single person affect a crypto-currency to the extent that the coin would die? It's is basically the same as saying that you should not trust Bitcoin because a high-profile user that posts a lot about Bitcoin is very enthusiastic about that coin. I fail to see the connection.

Remember, these coins are nothing more than tokens that happen to be exchangeable very easy and against very low costs. The value in a coin is derived from the community behind that coin. And from that perspective, everyone can make a distinction between Litecoin and Feathercoin themselves.

We are still in major price discovery modus. This applies to all coins, including Bitcoin. However, the idea has been set free and will never go back into the bottle again. From that perspective, the quarrel between coin-factions is rather amusing but highly irrelevant for the broader picture. I would say: become partners instead of adversaries.

That's exactly what we are going to see in the summer months. Still saving for that $20 target 

Perhaps you can elaborate on what you exactly found.

City of god
Tropa de Elite
Tropa de Elite 2

Watch in this order.

I believe Ann Rand shed a few woods over this (in the book: Atlas Shrugged).