Quick Update

Like Greaseball with his illegitimate children, I've been negligent in maintaining this "web log" lately. This is because I still have no power flowing through to my residential building. I realize the irony of this, considering my profession. Since I'm on a trade floor and my screen is visible to all, this update shall be minimalist and photoless, in complete betrayal of this newsletter's banner slogan.

/"Peace out"

[subsequent update: I was in Austin this weekend, escaping the blackout and performing some due diligence for my bar ranking list. And yes it was awesome, and everybody got laid. So there will be a top ten list put up this week once power is restored. I'm not promising anything, but the #1 slot may shock you (or it may not; I still haven't decided the top 2, given my new information).

Unlike Gaul, this list will be divided in two parts: block #10-3 and then a longer breakdown of #1 vs #2.]

Just a Bad Few Days in the Land of Pemulis

Lehman Brothers goes under, the Dow drops 500 points, a hurricane ravages my hometown and David Foster Wallace is dead.

The Peemster is..very sad.

POTUS Intrade Update

For those of you Obamatons following the political betting markets, I've got some bad news for you. As the poster for the Joe Piscopo vehicle above would hint, the oddsmakers have the race at a dead heat (as of 5pm September 10; this site updates continuously).

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So if you're a betting man (and if you're reading this newsletter, you're probably both), I'd lay some money down on Obama, at least as a hedge against the higher taxes you will inevitably pay under his reign. Plus I think the nation's enthusiasm over the stripper/teacher from Varsity Blues* will wane considerably after she forgoes the comfort of the teleprompter in a one-on-one debate contra Biden.

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And as always, be on the lookout for that October Surprise, one of my favorite election phenomena.

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* [Editor's update: I'm very disappointed in the internet for not having a better picture than this. (Per commenter complaint, the last hyperlink I posted was a busted link) And I've tried every permutation of stripper, teacher, varsity, blues, tonie, perensky, sarah palin, "Miss Davis, will you go to the prom with me", and vpilf that I could think of in my search toolbar. You'll just have to buy the movie, which is fantastic anyway.]

Commenters of the World Unite!

Arise Commentariat!

A revolution has begun here in Pemula. No longer shall commenting be restricted to elitist bourgeois registered blog users. Now the teeming, mongoloid masses may post anonymously.

Have a quip about intrade-implied Presidential death spreads? Think Blake Lively is hotter than Lily Van der Woodsen?* Say so now under the aegis on anonymity, free from the reprisals of the Pemulan state apparatus.

Commentariat, you have nothing to lose but your chains!

*you are a gey if you think this

Texas School of Business

Watching the new iteration of 90210, I saw an ad for the institution represented by the fine logo above. That's some impressive piggybacking.

If Red McCombs were dead, he'd be rolling around in his grave right now.