Anyone get the WSJ online? Can someone email me this article? Wall Street Wizardry Amplified Credit Crisis
I just think it's rather odd that a nation that prides itself on its virility should feel compelled to strap on forty pounds of protective gear just in order to play rugby.
Giles ,'Beneath You'
Natter 57 Varieties
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Mar 21, 2008 1:18:27 pm PDT #6616 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Jesse - Mar 21, 2008 1:19:57 pm PDT #6617 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Sometimes I just love the internet. To wit, this question and answer on the Manolo shoe blog: [link] (the page address will give you the sense of it)
I'm in a heightened state of argument because I'm drafting motions for summary judgment at work about similar things.
On the way to her birthday party last night, my friend was giving me the rundown on people who would be there who I wouldn't know. She started off telling me one was "kind of intense," and then went on to say she's a litigator in the Brooklyn DA's office. Um, you think?
tommyrot - Mar 21, 2008 1:21:07 pm PDT #6618 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
As perfectly illustrated in today's WSJ, the rating agencies bent over backwards to give questionably high ratings to risky securities like Norma CDO I Ltd., a Merrill Lynch-backed investment vehicle:
In March, Moody's, Standard & Poor's and Fitch Ratings gave Norma their seal of approval. In its report, Fitch cited growing concern about the subprime mortgage business and the high number of borrowers who obtained loans without proof of income. Still, all three rating companies gave slices comprising 75% of the CDO's total value their highest, triple-A rating -- implying they had as little risk as Treasury bonds of the U.S. government.
§ ita § - Mar 21, 2008 1:33:45 pm PDT #6619 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
the page address will give you the sense of it
I was about to sign up to be soft butch but I realise I can't afford the shoes.
sarameg - Mar 21, 2008 1:34:49 pm PDT #6620 of 10001
You know what is at the root of all this mess? People. If there were no people, there'd be no mess!
It'd be kinda boring, though.
amych - Mar 21, 2008 1:35:36 pm PDT #6621 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
It'd be kinda boring, though.
Sure, but what a buyer's market!
Glamcookie - Mar 21, 2008 1:41:09 pm PDT #6622 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
lisah, I'd totally tattle.
Kat - Mar 21, 2008 1:49:39 pm PDT #6623 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
bahahaha... sara and amych make me laugh.
I realize now I need to go install the new car seat. My life, she is glamorous? A week of playdates, cupcake baking, hair dye snafus, haircuts, bookcase buying. It's not quite the same as spring break in cabo.
§ ita § - Mar 21, 2008 1:59:27 pm PDT #6624 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My life, she is glamorous? A week of playdates, cupcake baking, hair dye snafus, haircuts, bookcase buying. It's not quite the same as spring break in cabo.
More interesting than a week of going to sleep, though.
sarameg - Mar 21, 2008 1:59:38 pm PDT #6625 of 10001
My week will be spent cleaning up work messes, saying no, waiting for the stupid &*#@ to work (it isn't,) saying no some more, meetings, cleaning, doing laundry, grocery shopping, cat food buying...yours at least has two cutes.