It's been over an hour since I took this pic of Easter Domo-kun and it still makes me giggle. In related news, Target is usually a flustercluck on Saturday afternoons and today it was almost pleasant. Domo arigato gozaimashita, Economaggedon!
Fiscal Odds and Ends
Domo, konnichiwa!
Supply and demand
Egypt and stem cells, The Watchmen and fish: are the odd ad pairings in Montgomery BART a result of lazy maintenance or undersold inventory? (The fish and sphinx are from an old Emirates Airlines campaign.)
Well, that went over quite well, don't you think?
It's been a while since such a spectacular tumble. In related news, remember Mail Goggles for Gmail, where you have to do algebra or something to convince Google that you're sober enough to (not) drunk email your ex? Why isn't anyone putting this on a Bloomberg terminal?
Fiscal odds and ends
NPR's Planet Money polls readers on what to call the current economic crisis. Journalistically, I'm leaning towards The Great Recession, but Economageddon is just so darn catchy...
Poor Marcus Schrenker should have consulted the Dealbreaker editors before planning his escape, because they've written what is possibly the most scarily well-thought-out post on dynamic financial fraud evasion you'll ever read.
Do: Lose the wife/girlfriend/boyfriend. Period. Seriously. No, seriously. If you absolutely must include her in your plans (perhaps she was the firm's CFO, will be able to cast serious doubt on your tragic death story, etc.) then make sure to conceal the body well before your arrival in Venezuela.
Did you think there wouldn't be a layoffs widget? You were wrong!
The devil you know.