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Domo, konnichiwa!

lydiat — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 17:20:05 -0700

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!

Dead cat bounce

lydiat — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:58:04 -0700

Don't worry, Vanilla is alive in this picture. She was one of the friendlier cats we had growing up, with a pillowy white belly that swung like a pendulum when she trotted toward the kitchen at the sound of the can opener.

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Supply and demand

lydiat — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:20:07 -0800

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?

lydiat — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:21:38 -0800

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

lydiat — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:13:42 -0800

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!