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Indeed. I’ve been following the talk about the latest bailout plan in blogland. One of the more interesting theories (proposed by Krugman actually) is that it’s not enough, they know it’s not enough, and it will segue into nationalisation as there will be no other choice. But in the meantime while all this is happening people will still be losing jobs. Sounds pretty cynical but he does have a Nobel prize. Sigh.

I don’t think I’m smart enough to have a solid opinion no matter how many supposed expert opinions I read, however I have come away with a few things.

1. This plan is the same plan Paulson was proposing last year, with different lipstick and a pretty new dress.

2. The fact that some Wall Street execs are giving themselves millions of dollars in bonuses and buying new jets while raking in the taxpayer money through the TARP program is just plain wrong. So wrong that even my flexible morals can’t bend around the idea.

3. My stock portfolio is slowly rising minutely, after going off a cliff for what seemed like forever.

“The plan keeps coming up again
The plan means nothing stays the same
But the plan won’t accomplish anything
If it’s not implemented”

I’ve got my fingers crossed.

Honestly, I feel like a kid the night before Christmas. Obama is going to win and win big, with decent majorities in both houses of congress. I feel like the sun is coming out after 8 years of rain. Conservatives… suck on it.

Yesterday I got up early and took my car to get the windows tinted. I sat around and read the paper while they did it. It looks nice and I stopped by an empty parking lot to get some pictures.

Pretty isn’t it? Anyway, after that I decided to drive around and check out some things I haven’t seen yet. I ended up at Gasworks Park. It’s a very nice park with a nice view of Lake Union and some interesting structures. I sat around for a while watching the boats go by.

My mom made me a cake and sent it to me in the mail in pieces. I had to put it together when it arrived. It’s not the prettiest cake but it was damn good. Thanks mom! I was seriously impressed by your ingenuity. I think it’s cool that my mom was determined that I have a homemade birthday cake. Anyway, here are some pictures of the constructed cake. Sorry I was so late in posting them mom. I’m a slacker.

I’m going away to Texas for two weeks for training. When I get back I’ll post pictures of my new car. 2008 Volkswagen GTI. Nice!

A couple of pictures of the Space Shuttle taking off as seen from the International Space Station.

Could our president be more of an idiot?

Pictures of Scarlett performing with The Pussycat Dolls in LA. Damn she’s hot.

I’ve upgraded Wordpress and added some plugins to (hopefully) deal with spambots and email harvesters (which should make it safe to leave an email address). Comments are turned back on as well. I hope these plugins work.