You could have lost Apple stock in the mid-'90s too! Their survival was nowhere near certain at one point.

But right now it's on a fricking tear. We only have 15 shares - our gambling money - but they went from 135 to 200 to 90 to almost 250 now.

To tell you the truth, I wasn't blown away by the iPad when I tried it in the Apple Store. But the first 30" monitor and the first iPhone weren't enough to entice me either, and now they're my favorite toys.