to all those expecting a bit of bullshit from me

i'm sorry that between work and the vacation plans (still not totally done at that), i haven't had the brain cycles left at the end of the day to actually be able to get the dvd-rom loaded into the computer and processed into youtube-safe bits, much less convert it to generic formats and all.

it's still on the todo list to be hopefully done by the end of MDRF.  we'll see what work slams me with when I get back...

geeze, people: time and place, time and place

I'm all for protesting scientology's rampant stupidity and anti-science and anti free-speech attitudes as any other reasonable person.

But an evening on Broadway is neither the time nor place, no matter who is performing there.

You just make yourselves look stupid and rather than address the legitimate complaints against their (legal) practices, you simply allow Cruise and Holmes to play the victim card.

the dang photo meme

Take a picture of yourself right now.
Don't change your clothes, don’t fix your hair...just take a picture.
Post that picture with NO editing.
Post these instructions with your picture.



Taken (in my office) by my brand new kodak m863!  Italy, here we come!

an idea long overdue...

Editorial - Bankers and Their Salaries - Editorial - NYTimes.com:

Banks’ boards of directors, encouraged by their shareholders, must look hard at reforming the pay of top bankers. The core problem is this: bankers get stellar rewards in the good times and don’t have to give money back when their strategy sinks the bank a few years down the road. They might miss a bonus, or even get fired — and float down to earth on the “golden parachute” negotiated in the flush years.

One way to change this would be for banks to hold a big chunk of bankers’ pay in escrow, to be doled out over several years. A bigger share of a bankers’ pay could be made in restricted stock that can only be sold over a fairly long period of time. Golden parachutes could depend on good performance through the executive’s tenure.

Now, there’s a concept.

The same column notes that the feds in taking over Freddie and Fannie dismissed the multi-million dollar severance package the execs of those companies were to get from their contracts (regardless of performance).