Las Vegas Mayor Wants Obama to Apologize

http://www.lvrj.com/news/39420937.html

On Tuesday, Las Vegas boosters lashed back at comments by Obama and other politicians who say executives at companies taking taxpayer bailout money shouldn't hold meetings in Las Vegas.

They say harsh words citing Las Vegas meetings as examples of wasteful spending threaten to undermine a business sector that brought 22,000 events, $8.5 billion in spending and directly sustained more than 43,000 jobs in 2008...

Ironically, there's plenty of evidence suggesting it could cost more money to hold the event in the new location... "(Las Vegas) is probably one of the cheapest places to have your convention," said Rick Seany, CEO of the Web site FareCompare.com. "Try having your convention in New York or San Francisco or Orlando and see what it costs."

Clearly no one was thinking of the poor casinos! Seriously though, it's a worthwhile perspective to consider. Nevadans voted for Obama (I was one of them!) and now feel betrayed.

If the TARP money prevents Goldman Sachs from going bankrupt and allows it to keep its convention booking in Las Vegas, benefiting all the casino workers whose jobs are in even more jeopardy than investment bankers, then I feel a little bit better about contributing my share to it.

Sirius XM Prepares Bankruptcy Filing

http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/10/sirius-xm-prepares-bankruptcy-filing/

All that antitrust debate seems a little silly now. By the time the merger was approved in July 2008, did anyone even care anymore anyway?

Fried Oreos

By now, everyone and their mom knows about www.thisiswhyyourefat.com, but it's made me nostalgic about the fried Oreos served at Penn's Spring Fling. After a little research, there's a place in New York that sells them: RUB. Someone claims they are fried in lard though... I wish I hadn't seen that tidbit. It seems quite unnecessary to me...

Never Blow Your Nose When You Have a Cold

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/10/health/10real.html?_r=1&em

"The proper method is to blow one nostril at a time and to take decongestants..."

Purse Diecut with Tipon Flowers

http://www.papyrusonline.com/product/cards/birthday/papyrus+classics/purse+diecut+w-tipon+flowers_409603.do

Bought this today for February 12, 2009 except the flowers were more blue than green. Love Papyrus. Love buying birthday cards.

KenKen

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/09/arts/09ken.html?em

So much fun and so much better than Sudoku.

Amazon Kindle 2 Release!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00154JDAI/ref=amb_link_83626371_1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=gateway-center-column&pf_rd_r=09XZADV44NZQ3N49YWXK&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=469548931&pf_rd_i=507846

I have seriously been waiting for years for ebooks to finally take off. I have been excited about the Kindle ever since it came out and I'm even more excited for Kindle 2. This is going to be like the iPod for music. I'm going to wait to buy a portable ebook reader myself until they really do combine it with an iPod for music though. =D

Stop Being So Mean to Bankers

http://www.slate.com/id/2210720/?from=rss

Not one drop of sarcasm. This is the first genuine defense of bankers I have ever seen.

Mistresses of the Universe

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/08/opinion/08kristof.html?_r=1

"At the recent World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, some of the most interesting discussions revolved around whether we would be in the same mess today if Lehman Brothers had been Lehman Sisters."

I LEGO N.Y.

http://niemann.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/02/i-lego-ny/?em

Very funny. Very cute. This one made me laugh out loud: