This campaign has been the WTFiest.

In other WTF news: Somali Pirates Seize Ukrainian Ship Carrying Tanks (uh, the kind that go into battle)

These posters are awesome: [link] [link]

Paulson’s “all your bailout are belong to me” proposal,

I liked the quote from... the Washington Post, I think?

In a world where credit markets are frozen, where banks refuse to lend to each other at any price, only one man, with one plan can save us...

I'd pay to see those wrestling matches.

I don't use IM so I don't have any sense of the etiquette.

I'm also not an IM user. But I'd say if supervisor needs to know soon and tends to be -- shall we say, imperfectly vigilant -- in checking e-mail, I'd say your position is at least defensible.

So, why are Guiliani and his wife traveling with the McCains to the debate tonight? I was speculating last night that this whole situation might give McCain, king of the Hail Marys, an excuse to dump Palin and go back to Mitt. (Not that I think it's necessarily likely, but it does seem like the kind of thing McCain would do.) But I don't see how that calculation would work with Rudy, and I don't recall them having anything good to say about one another, so I wonder what's up?

I don't think there are any absolutes about office IM-ing -- the fact that your office supports it for internal comms tells me that it's not really rude or problematic in itself to have a message pop up (unlike, say, in a situation where IM is seen as social/blowing off stuff and you'd want to hide the fact that you're doing it). On the other hand, pay-related questions sort of default to confidential even when they're not actually top-secret stuff. I'd probably email for that reason, but send a "hey, check your email, I've got a question that needs a response today" to make sure it was seen.

I guess I will handle that desire with chili for dinner.

I'm making chili RIGHT NOW! Whether IFG will have to wait until the taste test.

Bankruptcy law is probably the most stable job out there right now.

The work is steady, but you might not get paid.

Oh, no--they're getting paid. Well. I know a guy working for the feds in bankruptcy court.

Don't you get paid up front in bankruptcy law?