Why are the guys all associated with the financial meltdown so unbelievably and unrelentingly ugly? I'm looking at you (reluctantly) Mr. Richard S. Fuld, Jr.!

Nilly has never offended me.

I just had what started out to be a nice polital talk with a republican friend, but it rather disintegrated on the topic of Gay Marriage when he said "I was always taught to be tolerant, but marriage would mean I have to accept that it is right." I don't see how other people getting married means accepting that it is right, but I suspect I sold marriage in less esteem. But if bad marriages don't devalue marriage, why do gay marriages. But I think we will never get each other. I suspect his mindset, which is being tolerant, and perhaps even liking gay people will never change, and I feel like-- if your so tolerant and friendly to gay people why can't you see that they would like to be married!

ETA- He's not even all "Some of my best friends are gay!" because some of his best friends actually are gay!! I think that I take how I feel personally and apply it to the political, where he takes what he feels politically and applies it to the personl.

Dick Fuld's not so bad.

Yeah, I ate freezer ravioli for dinner tonight because I was too damn hungry to wait for dinnertime.

Now I'm cranky because the Fedex lady is tearing up our neighbors lawn. She was trying to do a U-turn, which is completely stupid because we live on a cul de sac. Still, she brought me my NAS, so yay.

Is it OK to skip doing grading tonight because I just "don't want to"?

The 2 English classes that were forced on me have FCAT testing next week since these kids haven't passed the test, yet. I figure they can do practice testing for the rest of the week and while that is going on I can get caught up on grading.

Lego Zombie Apocalypse.

Hey Hec, did you see the WSJ piece on tiki bars and the Tiki Bar Crawl? Pretty cool stuff...

Hey Hec, did you see the WSJ piece on tiki bars and the Tiki Bar Crawl? Pretty cool stuff...

I didn't! I can't believe I still haven't been to Forbidden Island, though its opening does basically coincide with Matilda's arrival. Toddlers + Excessive Drinking + Next County Over = NSM.

Speaking of things retro cool, Tease-o-Rama is coming up soon. It's the annual Burlesque fling with lots of sexy sexy retro girls wiggling their bits.

For people who want to learn more about the current economic crisis by having it explained in a straightforward (as possible) way, this thing from This American Life is awesome:

365: Another Frightening Show About the Economy

Alex Blumberg and NPR's Adam Davidson—the two guys who reported our Giant Pool of Money episode—are back, in collaboration with the Planet Money podcast. They'll explain what happened this week, including what regulators could've done to prevent this financial crisis from happening in the first place.

You can download it as an mp3! Stick it on your iPod and listen to it on your way to work! Then when you get to work you'll cower under your desk and cry!

I was totally already planning to listen to it on my way to work tomorrow.