Too Big to Fail... and getting Bigger.

Listened to Robert Reich on NPR last night - Are corporations that are "too big to fail", just too big?

Why would the government, whose role used to be to prevent monopolies (and companies getting too big) via Antitrust laws, be promoting JP Morgan Chase's acquisition of WaMu, Bank of America's acquisition of Merrill Lynch, and almost - Citi's acquisition of Wachovia?

It's an interesting read - I encourage you to read Robert Reich's blog.

What if the world could vote in the US elections?

Interesting experiment being conducted by the economist - they have a site where anyone in the world can vote for McCain or Obama - http://www.economist.com/vote2008/

Right now it seems that amongst people who read the economist, there appears to be a significant preference for Obama (8835 votes) to McCain (35 votes).

While these numbers aren't necessarily a representative sampling of each country, it still is an interesting "what if" experiment.

Painting - part 2.

Well - after having the floors redone, we decided the gray paint in the 2nd bedroom was too dull - we called it "office gray". So after looking at different colors, we decided on "Oatmeal" - kind of looks like it sounds - a light tan.

After taping up the room (the hardest part), cutting in the corners, and doing the first coat, I had 1/2 a wall left when I ran out of paint! Drat. I figured that's how accent walls must have come about.

After Sarah picked up another quart on Monday, I finished up the rest of that wall that night... Looks pretty good, I think. :)