- Michelle Trachtenberg. I remember her from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. "Dawn is the key." I think capitalized is better: "The Key." Kind of a goofy end-of-series story line when that show had run its course.
- I'm on pins and needles, needles and pins, waiting for The Fed. I have a meeting prior to the big release, and into the afternoon.
- I forgot about the pre-season game Sunday night until near the end. Drat.
- Okay, just got back and the market went totally flippin' wild today. And afterhours on CSCO, too. From Yahoo Finance: The stock market posted its largest percent gain in four months on Tuesday in a broad-based rally that was aided by favorable wording in the Fed's latest directive, a drop in crude prices and a better-than-expected economic reading on the services sector.
- The Fed didn't really say anything different at first glance. "Although downside risks to growth remain, the upside risks to inflation are also of significant concern," the Fed said in a statement outlining its decision.
- Oh, wait for it. ...it omitted a phrase from the June statement that had said risks to growth appeared "to have diminished somewhat." And it dropped language from June saying those risks "have increased"
- Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Richard Fisher was the lone dissenter, preferring higher rates to head off inflation. He's nuts.
- Tropical Storm Edouard downgraded to tropical depression. Depression? We haven't even had a recession! Darn Bush haters.
- It's a Three-Year Anniversary in Sacramento! Not a good one... Three years ago this month, median sales prices peaked in Sacramento County. The result: The end of the housing boom. Across three years, the damage has piled up. In 2006, the spring rebound that area real estate agents were predicting failed to materialize...A discussion at year's end with some real estate professionals had a common thread: Foreclosures probably wouldn't get out of control.
- Only Tuesday? Yeesh.
- David wonders if it's getting time to put on the shorts. As long as you're keeping the web cam above the belt, I say feel free to keep the shorts off and be comfortable. But, it's all about style.
- Adam Warner is talking Packers bikini girls and more. And to comment on Brett Farve for a bit, I think if he goes to the Vikings that'd be ... Well, it'd be like Joe Montana going to Kansas City. The truth is that it'd probably help the Vikings for a season, since their quarterback is a statistical nightmare.
In Edit: Blogger was down so I'm posting this in the PM...