simon smith and the amazing dancing bear

man this office is lame. nice, lame people.

here is a great interview with niall ferguson.

here is the link for the entire series of "the ascent of money."

i hope people are still paying attention to our economy. obama will be here in less than a week. but it's not looking good right now.

i just ate three just-a-burgers from what-a-burger for lunch. i feel like i want to take a nap, but i'm assuming my coworkers will become uneasy if i strip down bare and cuddle under my desk to take a little nap. i should take this up with HR.

i just purchased another book called "when genius failed."

i'm currently reading three books, one of which i'm reading for the second time. the first one is "the origins of financial crisis." that's the one for the second time and the two are called something and something about something. you can look it up.

tonight is top chef. i will firmly planted on the couch at 9:00 p.m. i would wager that carla is going home tonight. either her or a surprise pick like fabio. by the way, padma is smoking hot. my goodness.