This popped into my inbox today from the poets.org "Poem-A-Day" list. I've been ignoring them lately, but this one was short and sweet and made me smile ( Read more... )

Dear Treasury Secretary,

Bankers are not altruistic and will not abide by the "spirit" of any regulation you set. They are gamers, playing for keeps, and rules are merely just another part of the game. You really are better off letting them fail and then trawling the wreckage for anything worth resuscitating than trying to convince them to go along ( Read more... )

And to help solve a household spat (raayat, don't vote right away so the sample isn't skewed)

Poll On Modernism

Perhaps the time has come

From the NYT article:On Tuesday night at 8 p.m. Eastern time, technical problems cut off more than five million BlackBerry users in the United States from their cherished wireless e-mail. Service was restored 10 long, data-starved hours later ( Read more... )

People Envy Your Confidence
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