beyond here lies nothing

here are the preliminary results from the stress tests (i actually wrote "testes" and had to erase it. sometimes the mistake is better).

also here's an entry from the same blog about fractional reserve lending. i've made some entries here before about it. what does everyone think about fractional reserve lending? is it legal? is it beneficial? is it appropriate?

ron paul is a man against the machine. here's his thoughts on FRL.

i was listening to elbow yesterday. totally great line: "i sat you down and told you how the truest love that's ever found is for oneself, you pulled apart my theory with a weary and disinterested sigh."

a gift

dom deluise died today and i didn't find out until like five minutes ago. that is unacceptable. that man was in smokey and the bandit!

so postings will be few and far between. i'm also getting serious about the cpa exam, so i'll need time to study. but i'll pop in and out when i feel the need to rant.

this is what i'm listening to RIGHT NOW! give it time to load. it will. or contracted: it'll.

yet another movie

this weekend was sweet. 3-day weekend. first full weekend for quite some time. it was nice. the wife and i went to austin and rode the greenbelt. the next day we went canoeing, saw some friends and headed home. i always love being in austin. the minute i stepped back on the greenbelt, i felt great. it was so nice to be back there. i love it. the creek was dry, only a trickle of water at sculpture falls. the wife jumped in the water that was there. i didn't. it was cold, cold water and the sun wasn't too bright, so i stayed out. plus we saw a snake. i threw rocks at it, which is the scientific response when viewing a snake. we also saw a snake when we went canoeing. it was big and it was right next to the boat. i mean seriously, two foot away from the boat. we freaked out, which is the normal response when seeing a snake by your boat. i stopped by waterloo. went to the bookstore. it was a great weekend. now i'm back and i only have to work 40 hours a week again!

if anyone believes that these banks are actually making profits, you're drinking the kool-aid. these are accounting tricks and some smoke and some mirrors. the overall US financial system is being propped up. otherwise, it would collapse.

warren buffet wants to buy wells fargo.

here's a bio of al dunlap.

if friday night lights played varsity blues, who would win?

here are some lessons learned from star trek. space lessons.