STATE OF EMERGENCY

A hardy perennial in sci-fi movies is the scene where people start firing ever-larger weapons at some alien object, only to see it wobble a little instead of getting obliterated as expected. I'm beginning to see the TED spread (432bp today) as one of those alien objects. I suspect that the probability of a recession is already so close to 1...  that it's no longer possible to significantly increase it. But you know what I mean: Things are worse than expected, and they're likely to remain that way for the foreseeable future. We're in a vicious cycle: No one wants to lend going into a recession whose length and severity is likely to be unprecedented in the postwar era. So that's going to keep credit largely frozen -- which in turn will only exacerbate the recession's effect on stock prices. Governments might be able to prevent financial meltdown. But they can't prevent a major economic slump, or its reflection in the Dow. 

JAMIE CHUNG?

PARDON?

When promulgating your esoteric cogitations or articulating your superficial sentimentalities and your amicably philosophical and psychological observations, beware of platitudinous ponderosity. Let your verbal evanescences exude lucidity, intelligibility and veracious vivacity without rodomontade or thespian bombast. Sedulously avoid all polysyllabic profundity, pompous propensity, sophomoric insolence, psittaceous vacuity and ventriloquial vapidity. Shun double-entendre, prurient jocosity and flamboyant verbosity. So say what you mean, keep it clean, and refrain from using big words. Seriously, who cares if your grasp of the english vocabulary is fierce. I certainly don't give a rat's tush.

LE MONOLOGUE

I hear alot of words like beauty, handsomeness, incredibly chiseled features. To me that's a kind of vanity, a sort of self-absorption, that I try to steer clear of. I dig the bungee. That's how I live my life. I grip it, and I rip it. I live it with a lot of flair. I live it on the edge, where I gotta be. I wasn't like every other kid, you know, who dreams about being an astronaut. I was always more interested in what bark was made out of on a tree. Tom Cruise is a real hero of mine. Kanye West. Kanye is another person who's a hero. The music that he's made over the years, I don't really listen to it. But the fact that he's making it, I respect that. I care desperately about what I do. Do I know what product I'm selling? No. Do I know what I'm doing today? No. But I'm here, and I'm gonna give it my best shot. 

DYNASTY SIGN

Throw your diamonds in the sky if you feel the vibe... I close my eyes and imagine, feel the magic... ice on acid seen through Yve Saint Laurent glasses. And I've realized that I've arrived, cuz I got more beautiful women than Mr. Hef does. 478 carats? Damn jigga... wow. Forever-ever-ever. Forever-ever-ever. Forever-ever-ever? $1,000,000,000 engagement ring?

BONJOUR

Bienvenidos to my little spot on the WEB... where I'll be blogging about things of this world that I find interesting. From fashion to technology or from politics & economics to sizzling hot women - the spectrum is wide and I hope you find what I have to say relevant. Why Petit Lapin? Those in the know.... know. Adieu!