Okay, I seriously need to strap on my Big Girl Panties. I still have this email from Agent Kate with her suggested revisions for a YA manuscript that I haven't been able to bring myself to open. Not because of anything she's done, but due to the publishing craxy in my life this past year, I'm more than a little gun shy.

I am such a wuss.

from electoral-vote.com

The goverment is now toying with the idea of giving the banks even more money in return for (preferred) stock. In most counries this would be called nationalizing the banks. Who would have thought that the Bush/Cheney administration would go down in history as bigger socialists than FDR? The plan would be voluntary, but it still undercuts a basic tenet the Republican Party has held sacred for a century: the government should leave the private sector to manage itself. It will be interesting to see how the candidates respond to this new wrinkle.

But still, intentionally blocking someone's way is something that you just don't do, right?

Right.

Barb - but Agent Kate is a nice lady, go ahead open it up. If it is rough, we are here.

The goverment is now toying with the idea of giving the banks even more money in return for (preferred) stock. In most counries this would be called nationalizing the banks.

According to TAL, most of the economists they talked to thought this was a good idea, and it apparently got slipped into the bailout bill as a possible option without anyone really paying attention to it.

it apparently got slipped into the bailout bill as a possible option without anyone really paying attention to it.

Yeah. That was kind of cool. And last I heard, no one knows who slipped it in....

That sounds kinda' porny....

This is very pretty: WoodStation magically shows time, date and weather in a solid block of wood

This is, um, wrong? Manga guide to databases

I have no idea if The Manga Guide to Databases will be any good (the publisher sez, "In The Manga Guide to Databases, Tico the fairy teaches the Princess how to simplify her data management. We follow along as they design a relational database, understand the entity-relationship model, perform basic database operations, and delve into more advanced topics. Once the Princess is familiar with transactions and basic SQL statements, she can keep her data timely and accurate for the entire kingdom.

I dunno - maybe if I liked Manga as much as databases, I'd think it was cool....

The goverment is now toying with the idea of giving the banks even more money in return for (preferred) stock

It's the Swedish solution, I had no idea it got slipped in through the backdoor.

Poem o' the day:

Ode to Sean Hannity
by John Cleese

Aping urbanity
Oozing with vanity
Plump as a manatee
Faking humanity
Journalistic calamity
Intellectual inanity
Fox Noise insanity
You're a profanity
Hannity

One minor quibble - I have a problem with making fun of fat people for their weight, even if it's someone I really hate... although I did find the index to "Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot" to be hysterical....