I’m not dead yet!

Ing | March 31, 2009

I’ve titled this post with one of my favorite quotes from Monty Python’s Holy Grail for two reasons…no…three:

The fundamental neediness and narcissism of blogging. I’m not reassuring you that I and my blog am still here, so much as reassuring myself that this corner of the world still revolves around me. (We interrupt the regularly scheduled blog post to inform you that yes, your universe [...]

What if they bailed out *people*?

Ing | March 17, 2009

Hearing all the uproar over AIG’s plans to pay millions in bonuses after taking billions in federal bailout money, it occurred to me today to wonder what might happen if the government bailed out PEOPLE instead of giant corporations.
I know, people don’t lend the massive credit lines that make the world go around, but the [...]

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