insanity prevails...

everywhere.

--the uk is contemplating whether or not to sue iceland because it has to protect itself because...

--iceland is teetering on bankruptcy. (imagine--an entire country that was at the top of affluence teetering on bankruptcy.

--the debate last night was ok--and i'm glad that although it wasn't a ko--obama did do better than mccain--no bias could truly negate that.

--boston for nearly a week next week...and i'm not feeling 100%...so time to stock up on emergen-c.

--the stock markets will continue to "fluctuate" (haha) for a few more weeks according to the experts.

--i thought my modest retirement was doing too well considering everything that's been going on in wall street--and now i'm finally starting to see nearly $200 of loss a day from it...i was told not to check--but i can't help but check daily now.

--which leads me to really feel bad for those people who have invested so many more years and money into their investments. i have a lot of friends who are nearing retirement that i care about deeply--and this is just--really disheartening. they are good people and i hope they are seeing my sort of loss--rather than the larger part of the 2 TRILLION the government says has been lost.

--palin truly does exist and is not, unfortunately, a figment of my overactive imagination.

--it's the navy vs whales...and i am rooting for the whales. get rid of the extensive sonar use.

--stranded penquins.

--citigroup and wells fargo fighting over wachovia...perhaps i'm overly cynical--but i think they want to get larger because there's no way they can lose if they get larger. if it helps them--great. however--i'm banking (no pun intended) on the fact that they are only trying to land themselves a federal bailout when they fall. the precedent has been set--and the larger the company--the harder the fall. they can't lose...

--which means just another spa trip ala aig to a resort that 99% of us will never in our lifetimes get to visit--paid for by us--the taxpayers.

thank you greed, irresponsibility and entitlement that has bred the likes of paris hilton and britney spears.