A return to civilization

It was an odd return from vacation today.

I awoke to markets tumbling and fed rates chopping, with RECESSION in big letters being splashed all over the news. Then the Oscar nominations were announced, nominees overshadowed by the pissing war into which the writer's strike has evolved. As the markets finally calmed and calamity seemed averted, news came from New York that another young actor died, with pills found around him. And then to top it all off, I'm sitting rinkside at a hockey game realizing there is not a single player out there whose name I recognize.

The puck that flew over our heads was kinda cool, though. Maybe one can knock out the suddenly annoying politicians all bickering their way to the White House.

I miss the beach already.

At least my iPhone has some new bells and whistles to keep me entertained.