Do you have “Shit’s Easy Syndrome?”

Stevey’s Blog Rants: April 2009.

 

The 50 Dollar Greenhouse

The Door Garden » 50 Dollar Greenhouse.

 

The Well-Tempered Plot Device: Nick Lowe

via The Well-Tempered Plot Device: Nick Lowe

 

Does Naked Short Selling pose the same sort of systemic risk as MBS?

The linked presentation is a sobering investigation of the practice of naked short selling.  Naked Short Selling (NSS) is the practice of short selling a stock for which the seller has not borrowed shares to cover that sale.  When this state perists past the statutory time limit, it is called Failure to Deliver. These so-called FTDs could in some ways be considered conterfeited stocks.  After doing some research prompted by reading an entry on Slashdot.org. I wonder after reading up, and watching the below if the next shoe to drop in the financial turmoil that is occuring will be this.

via Darkside of the Looking Glass full.

 

David Foster Wallace in Harpers

The collected works of David Foster Wallace  from Harper’s Magazine.

 

RIP DFW.

 

How Buildings Learn by Stewart Brand

This is outstanding, all 6 parts of the BBC special by Stewart Brand, based on his work in ”How Buildings Learn”.  For anyone that is interested in “A Pattern Language” or “The Geography of Nowhere“  this is must watch stuff.

 

from Apartment Therapy New York | How Buildings Learn by Stewart Brand.

 

Sunday Weigh In: 279.8

Belly 46.5

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220 MPH at Texas Motor Speedway

Bubba and I got a guys day out yesterday, and drove up to Texas Motor Speedway to watch the Bombardier 550 IndyCar race. We had a great time. Uzzman came along for the ride and documented the event photographically, I look forward to seeing his pics. The highlight of the day for us may have been Robbie Knievel performing the Texas Hummer Jump, jumping 21 Hummers to the amazement of my son. After the race we were able to go down into the garage area and see the teams cleaning up and working on their cars.

 

The Scream

Valentio Rossi’s new helmet a scream – Autoblog

 

Song of the Moment: Saul Williams — List of Demands (Reparations)

“I got a list of demands written on the palm of my hands.
I ball my fist and you’re gonna know where I stand.”

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