Heard a Sea And Cake song in the background of a Citibank commercial.

I tip my hat to the skill of the subversive marketing genius with the great taste who managed to sneak it in there. But... dude... sigh... it doesn't all have to be about personal finance these days, does it ? Is nothing sacred ?

At least it wasn't an actual Cadillac commercial.

Also: Jive Guru Donuts, Umm ?

Also: BSG: Me like.

Also:

...becomes.

Also: a new cocktail, The Battlestar: 4 : 2 : 1.5, cognac, vodka, limoncello + ice. Invented last night because I was too drunk to remember how to make a sidecar. This is better - much less sweet.

Do You Have Any Experience With The Pole ?

Where is this place:

The primitive settlement sits in the shadow of the state capitol and is home to about 300 people who have no toilets or running water, creating unsanitary conditions that advocacy groups worry could promote diseases like cholera.

If you guessed anywhere but Sacramento, California, you're wrong!

U ! S ! A !

Shame Works

Jack White Can't Sit Still

Lobster Knife Fight

Shorter Glenn Beck: Encouraging children to think on their own and to not accept blindly what their parents tell them is exactly what the Nazis did with the Hitler Youth.

A new survey by Sun Life Financial found that 48 percent of American workers would opt out of Social Security, even if doing so meant the loss of future Social Security benefits. Given the decline in the stock market over the past year, as well as the defeat of personal account-based Social Security reforms in 2005, this is a startlingly high number.

Startling? Well, I dunno. When you consider that most people don't think SS will be around when they retire, it's not so surprising at all. It's what you get when you ask people if they want to contribute to a plan that won't benefit them. And after years of being falsely told by the political enemies of Social Security that SS is dooooommmed(!), it's not surprising people don't think it will be around for them.

On the other hand, 56 percent of investors supported allowing private investment accounts for Social Security - that is, putting their SS taxes into the stock market - in 2004. I wonder how many would support that today ?

Build A Squid

You seek for knowledge and wisdom, as I once did; and I ardently hope that the gratification of your wishes may not be a serpent to sting you, as mine has been.
-- Victor Frankenstein

Not news: some guy was taken by an internet scam. News: his name is Sir Tim Berners-Lee:

"The worst thing that has happened to me was when I tried to buy a Christmas present from a company that looked like a bona fide company on the internet and then actually they were a completely fake company. I think I am yet to get the money back, but it wasn't a lot.

Who is Sir Tim Berners-Lee?

"Man, how ignorant art thou in thy pride of wisdom!"

In 1990, he invented the World Wide Web.