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I asked Jenny to marry me last night.

She said yes.

[Update] Here’s a great picture of where it happened: The Town Talk Diner on Lake Street. The gentleman pictured was our waiter and he was wonderful. We had a great time.

[Update 2] Here’s a recent picture of us, too:

Hmm… I wonder if there’s anyone else at the state that should maybe be considering a resignation…

*** BREAKING ***

A train derailed on Wall Street today carrying reams of worthless paper — it crashed into a giant can of worms… Nothing but shit and squirming as far as the eye can see.

Look at the brain on this guy.

(nice work Farrell).

We have found where we will be staying for our trip to Bergen.

[Update] Here is the location on Google Maps.

[Update 2] (links have changed due to a scheduling snafu… we’re staying at another apartment very close by)

[insert standard wealth-distribution-is-totally-out-of-whack-in-this-country sentence here]

Of course the wealthy fire back in cloying self-justification, stressing their charitable and philanthropic pursuits, suggesting that they can more efficiently redistribute wealth than can the society that provided the basis for their riches in the first place. Perhaps. But with exceptions (and plaudits) for the Gates and Buffetts of the mega-rich, the inefficiencies of wealth redistribution by the Forbes 400 mega-rich and their wannabes are perhaps as egregious and wasteful as any government agency, if not more. Trust funds for the kids, inheritances for the grandkids, multiple vacation homes, private planes, multi-million dollar birthday bashes and ego-rich donations to local art museums and concert halls are but a few of the ways that rich people waste money – and I must admit, I am guilty of at least one of these on this admittedly short list of sins. I have, however, avoided the last one. When millions of people are dying from AIDS and malaria in Africa, it is hard to justify the umpteenth society gala held for the benefit of a performing arts center or an art museum. A thirty million dollar gift for a concert hall is not philanthropy, it is a Napoleonic coronation.

And so I wonder, has Bill Gross just put his finger on the reason I can’t stand the Guthrie or the Walker? I think he has.

Fed bailing out holders of mortgage backed securities.

We can’t give money to poor people who lose their jobs, but we can give money to rich guys who make careless investment decisions.

Free markets! Free markets!

If this could happen…

After 8 minutes of trading the DJIA is down 130 points. Ouch.

When do we realize that we know all we need to know, and we just get the fuck out?