RIF- that way you learn about FTEs

I swam this morning for the first time in quite some time. I only swam for 20 minutes but it's a start to back into the stroke of things. The early bus had one hottie on it but there were none in the pool with me.

I had an issue forwarding the Halloween picture Ragnar took of us and TK. I finally figured it out after Ragnar resent me jpgs. I then posted them to my facebook page but set it up so only certain friends could see them. They were a big hit and many of our friends were in a state of disbelief that we dressed up in our costumes.

Growing up I remember on Saturday mornings there were always these PSAs about Reading Is Fundamental- RIF. I like it better as Reading Is Fun. I read a lot during the day at work and not all boring equity research. I read about flux transfer events. Apparently these things were thought to happen only rarely- much like a beholder in the old school AD&D- but apparently they occur as often as often as every 8 minutes. It occurs when the sun's magnetic field pushes up against the earth's and a tunnel more or less forms allowing all types of fun particles to pass into our magnetosphere. It got me wondering if wormholes are just similar types of events on a large scale between galaxies and/or different space/time continuums?

The ISM hit a 26 year low. I am wondering if we are getting to the end of the recession that I believe we fell into at the end of '07. My guess is we will be out of the recession by the end of Q2 '09, probably a month after the government declares us in one.

The automakers are in serious trouble. I still think GM and or F will file. The idea of the government bailing them out is dangerous but who am I to say what is or isn't dangerous.

Tomorrow is the big day and I have to say I can't wait for the election to be over. My biggest fear is the executive branch and legislative branch both end up under the control of the closet socialists. I am most likely in the minority which is not a big deal. I think the worst thing that anyone in this country could do is shirk their civic duty and not vote at all- that is just complete bullshit for any citizen of the U.S. to not vote for the President.