This crazy market allowed me to buy $25 march put options on Bear Stearns last thursday for 40 cents, even as rumors were flying about unmet margin calls.  By friday morning when I left for our annual spring break in Mexico the puts were in the $3's with the stock in the mid $30's.  Monday having NOT seen TV or newspapers the strain was too much so I tracked down an internet connected computer at a restaurant.   (when it was booting a message came up that said is was a "counterfeit windows" then Firefox said there was a security problem)  THANK YOU TK  for the recent changes to logon!  Lo and behold my puts were at $21 and change.  Closed part of my position, and returned a day early to watch what happens today.