Me, I'm wishing I'd held onto my leg warmers from back in the 80s, because that would be just the thing to wear over my jeans today....

My cold friend totally wears legwarmers. By "cold friend," I mean that as soon as it goes below like 40, she's wearing multiple coats, fleeces, sweaters, all at once.

Don't you hate it when this happens? [link]

Also, my coworker pointed out that $16.5million is $45,000 a day.

That said, I'm sure it's not their only income. So never mind.

I'm going to give my two cents about the salary cap, just because... well, just because. Although I think $500,000 sounds like ridiculous, fantastic, unimaginable money, I also think the executives and their families live lifestyles based on an expectation of much more. Although that's no argument for keeping the salaries indefinitely, I worry about the unintended consequences (mainly on the families) of cutting them suddenly. It's not just the people who are making the money (and who maybe made the mistakes) who will be affected, is what I'm saying. I think a cut from several million to $500,000 isn't just going to be taking the coke-and-hookers money off the top.

Eh, I'm guessing the thousands of lower level people who got (and will be) summarily laid off had lifestyles they'd prefer not to lose as well. Also, if you've been making the kind of money where a cut to 500k is an outrage and you don't have enough together to weather the storm, well? My tiny violin is in the shop.

When the economy recovers, I'm buying this tea infuser.

I've been meaning to ask for a *long* time--what's a jeep beat?

There's a nurse wiggling a needle in my foot. That's try #3.

OMG, xkcd explains "bases" (as in, "I got to second base with her"): Base System

Eh, I'm guessing the thousands of lower level people who got (and will be) summarily laid off had lifestyles they'd prefer not to lose as well

I never claimed that people with reductions in enormous salaries deserved more sympathy than anybody else. In fact, my very point is not the person who makes the money, but those who depend on them and had nothing to do with the malfeasance. Not to mention the charities that depend on donations from the ultra-rich for their very existence.

Anyway, I'm not claiming "oh those poor, poor rich people." I'm thinking about the people they support, the people they employ, the effect on the industries that rely on them. A raise very rarely trickles down, but I think a pay cut always does.

I'm not in any way disagreeing with the cap, either. I'm just not filled with the schadenfreude.

When the economy recovers, I'm buying this tea infuser.

That is so awesome.