Bob Simpson is among the smartest men in the natural-gas patch. He's chairman and founder of XTO Energy (XTO), and it is up 1,800% in the last decade. Miraculous, nothing short of miraculous.

I felt better about the stock and the nat-gas story after the interview. It was a vital piece of the puzzle for those of us who own Anadarko (APC) or Apache (APA) or Chesapeake Energy (CHK) or Cabot Oil & Gas (COG) or Southwestern Energy (SWN) or, in my trust's case, Devon Energy (DVN). Much-needed reassurance after the moves these stocks have had in the face of the plummeting commodity.

I felt better about the stock and the nat-gas story after the interview. It was a vital piece of the puzzle for those of us who own Anadarko (APC) or Apache (APA) or Chesapeake Energy (CHK) or Cabot Oil & Gas (COG) or Southwestern Energy (SWN) or, in my trust's case, Devon Energy (DVN). Much-needed reassurance after the moves these stocks have had in the face of the plummeting commodity.

I felt better about the stock and the nat-gas story after the interview. It was a vital piece of the puzzle for those of us who own Anadarko (APC) or Apache (APA) or Chesapeake Energy (CHK) or Cabot Oil & Gas (COG) or Southwestern Energy (SWN) or, in my trust's case, Devon Energy (DVN). Much-needed reassurance after the moves these stocks have had in the face of the plummeting commodity.

I felt better about the stock and the nat-gas story after the interview. It was a vital piece of the puzzle for those of us who own Anadarko (APC) or Apache (APA) or Chesapeake Energy (CHK) or Cabot Oil & Gas (COG) or Southwestern Energy (SWN) or, in my trust's case, Devon Energy (DVN). Much-needed reassurance after the moves these stocks have had in the face of the plummeting commodity.

I felt better about the stock and the nat-gas story after the interview. It was a vital piece of the puzzle for those of us who own Anadarko (APC) or Apache (APA) or Chesapeake Energy (CHK) or Cabot Oil & Gas (COG) or Southwestern Energy (SWN) or, in my trust's case, Devon Energy (DVN). Much-needed reassurance after the moves these stocks have had in the face of the plummeting commodity.

I felt better about the stock and the nat-gas story after the interview. It was a vital piece of the puzzle for those of us who own Anadarko (APC) or Apache (APA) or Chesapeake Energy (CHK) or Cabot Oil & Gas (COG) or Southwestern Energy (SWN) or, in my trust's case, Devon Energy (DVN). Much-needed reassurance after the moves these stocks have had in the face of the plummeting commodity.