How desperate must the measures be?


I mean, times may be desperate…but I’m not sure a bong ever motivated me to do much more than grab some munchies.

Michael Phelps
The Greatest Olympian of All Time

Creative accounting on steroids

Because the king of steroids is in charge!

But IOUs? Reallly….?

I guess it’s a self-fulfilling prophecy: if you don’t invest in infrastructure, the populace becomes dumb enough to accept just about anything. All roads lead to Idiocracy!

Is it possible to short a U.S. state? If not now, I’m sure the Wall Street guys will figure it out….

Redemption

For every yin, there’s a yang:

LinkedIn

Date: 2/05/2009

Subject: Hey!

You are no longer in the White Pages!!!!! You must have been impacted! I hope this email finds you well. Someone with your credentials I’m sure will soon, if not already, be in a place where you want to be. Take care and keep up on your blog!


Notes:

  • “White Pages” = Schwab employee directory
  • “Impacted” = current HRspeak for being laid off and used interchangeably with the oh-so-lovely term “severed”.