thursday afternoon

thursdays are so tempting. you can really feel friday, especially when you get off work. you want to go and hang out. you want to act like it's friday. but it's not. it's still thursday and you still have to go to work on friday morning. thursday nights, such a tease.

this breakdown by the economist is interesting. what's interesting is how annual income was basically negligible in this election. that surprised me. anyway, here it is.

planet finance and its demise.

so inflation was the big worry when rates were being cut like joan rivers (wow, a joan rivers reference!). seems that deflation is now the big worry. then comes stagflation.

could cap and trade derail obama's administration?

tomorrow is my birthday. i probably won't post unless i'm feeling really good. which is a possibility. a real possibility.

the room got heavy

it's over. wow. it's finally over. 8 years of bullshit is over. i hope our energy and motivation will channel into positive endeavors. it's just crazy right now that's finally over. there's one thing that impressed me more than anything else: his temperment. he was cool, calm and collected the entire time. do you realize what he just did? he beat hillary clinton for the democratic nomination and then beat long time senator john mccain. this is like running through ali and then foreman in the same year. and he did it. the old regime is done. the boomers, the "me" generation has given way to the "we" generation. it's time.

here's the final-ish map.

here are some points we need to look to in the coming four years.

even with oil slipping in prices, which is only temporary, green energy needs to be brought to the table and pushed into the mainstream within these next four years.

snow patrol has a new album out. i've never heard a single note by these guys. but here's a review. actually, i won't include a review.

won't get fooled again

full day of poll watching.

feels like change.

inhale. embrace. sleep and dream.

electioneering

tomorrow we'll have a new president. i have never been this excited about a presidential election. 8 years of crap will end tomorrow. i identify with a candidate and i see the need for change. 8 years ago i was living at home, attending junior college and i had no idea of the world and how a skirmish in georgia (not our georgia) affects world relations, prices of oil, stock indexes and which media source to believe in the first place. i also had no idea of muenster cheese, another great development in my life. i am counting the seconds. there will be no missed counting in this election because america is no longer 50/50. the revolution will be televised.

i'm sure this has made the rounds, but here is a prank call from nicholas sarkozy to sarah palin. she is just super.

this guy equates the current situation to aldous huxley's brave new world. not sure the situations are that similar, but interesting read nonetheless.

it's amazing how many decisions and how much forceful persuasion was used to get us right where we're at. it's a culture of short-term profits. no one regards long-term financial position anymore. the immediate mentally we have now has pervaded even our strongest business minds.

better go to circuit city while you can.

from rolling stone: best and worst of cable news.