As usual, the world is on hyper-drive. Heard about Obama's new budget plan to slash the deficit in half by 2013? Of course some economists are doubtful, but I hope it works. It's not looking good out there.
Also, after all those Cabinet nominations went horribly awry, here's the next possible pick for Commerce Secretary. Hopefully he's actually been paying his taxes.
Speaking of taxes, the stimulus package is still kicking up major brouhaha. Some states have said they will refuse to accept the stimulus money set aside for states in the package. This absolutely blows my mind since most states have their own alarmingly high budget deficits and a real need to start modifying their roads and infrastructure for the new millenium. For example, why are we trying to build our cities around our cars instead of ourselves? Of course the main problem are the staggering unemployment rates and the lowest stocks since '97 and the housing crisis and...
Let's think about something else, shall we?
For awhile, I was writing a movie about bingo, and I learned that a mathematician by the name of Carl Leffler was tapped to create a bunch of different bingo cards because too many people were winning each game. He created 6,000 different bingo cards, and then went crazy and is still in an insane asylum today. Think about that every time you call out B-6.
Fashion doesn't sound like a dangerous thing to get into, but history shows it totally is. Want more? Here's where some recognizable uniforms come from, and here's the origin of some crazy hairstyles we all know and...love?
That's fascinating!
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