Crazy Times

It seems like you can't do anything these days without some journalist, celebrity, or politician talking about how crazy these times are. With a presidential election less than a month away, a global economy in the midst of an unprecedented meltdown, both the Cubs and White Sox knocked out of the playoffs, and Brad and Angelina talking about adopting another child, there can be no question that the world is a little upside-down. So, here are a couple random things that I'm thinking about...

Somone emailed me this picture this morning and I had to post it immediately. When McCain keeps talking about "reaching across the aisle", I naturally assumed that he was talking about bipartisan cooperation. Now I'm not so sure. I have to say that if I were going to pick a candidate based solely on their sexual prowess, I would have to say that Obama is the clear winner here. In looking at this picture, I think McCain looks like he was embalmed and recently laid to rest. Obama, on the other hand, looks like he is really enjoying the moment. I can't fathom how Obama, after hearing all of the negative attacks that the Republicans have been slinging at him, can still simultaneously summon enough lust and tenderness to give McCain this kind of loving. Maybe that is the kind of passion that Washington really needs after all.

The caption from this picture was, "We Can Solve This Crisis!" I'm no forensic expert, but doesn't this look like W is finishing up at a urinal rather than tackling the economy? If by "crisis", you mean "a few drops of pee on your suit", then yes... I belive you can solve that crisis. Anything beyond that Mr. President and I think you should probably defer to people that are smarter and more trustworthy than you. No offense.

Given that the financial sector has slightly more stability than Hugh Hefner's list of girlfriends, a bunch of Wall Street traders took a ten minute break this morning to play a highly competitive game of Simon Says.

As long as I'm on the subject of Hef, you might have heard that he has broken up with one of his girlfriends. To quote the news article, "Playboy founder Hefner, 82, has revealed that model Holly Madison, 28, left him when they discovered he could not father children because of his age." Somehow, Hefner will have to make due with Holly's replacements...

Yes, those are really his new girlfriends, and yes... these are crazy, crazy times.