I'm still shocked by the news that the yield on 3 month t-bill was briefly negative this week, something not seen since the 30s. We have officially entered bizarro world when we have to pay the government to loan it money. That means means a very large segment of the financial world was absolutely convinced that all asset classes were going to go ( Read more... )

Wow, it's grim working in the heart of the financial district right now. I haven't felt this kind of concentrated dread since SOMA circa 2001. I wonder if the brokers are going to start flinging themselves out of their windows soon so I can break into the most blackly comedic rendition of "Its Raining Men" ever. Just remember ( Read more... )

This article in The Nation is just great. What other questions would you like to address to Sarah Palin? I wouldn't mind asking her what Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac actually do, because its clear from her recent statements that she has no idea. This is where the experience argument breaks down as I don't think Obama would do half bad against a ( Read more... )

Anyone hitting Gossip this weekend?

Great article by David Simon in the Guardian:
The escalating breakdown of urban society across the US
This is why I miss The Wire.

OK, I'm a decade late, but damn am I in love with Freaks and Geeks. We just started netflixing it and it is just pitch perfect on growing up in the 80s. The acting is amazing, all of the little set dressing touches are perfect, and it does a spot on job of capturing the excitement and terror that go hand in hand in the high school experience. ( Read more... )

I love weightlifting, really really love it. I credit the program I'm on along with podle's support with being able to cold turkey my pack a day smoking habit a couple of years ago. I had a pointless goal when I started of wanting to bench press my weight. I figured I'd lose a little weight and gain some strength. 2 and a half years later and I ( Read more... )

We just got the amnio results back last night, and everything is looking good. We're 17 weeks into making a healthy baby boy. Livejournal, meet my son:


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My morning workouts are spent tuned into NPR, which is usually a nice way to get caught up on things before starting the day. Today unfortunately it meant listening to the president's press conference. It had a bunch of choice moments ("I'm not an economist, I'm an optimist!"), but one moment in particular almost made me fall off the elliptical ( Read more... )

OK, most of you know how obsessed I am with real estate and the whole mortgage fiasco we're in the middle of, and if you have no interest in me ranting about it ignore this now. Anyway one of the message boards I read suggested that to really see how quickly the bottom is falling out of the bay area market you should check out south Oakland. This ( Read more... )