Here's my cat

The pic's from last Christmas, but I was just digging through the old files and I thought this was a great one. That's me she's sitting on. She won't sit on anyone else.

They're starting the creative round of layoffs at work.

They didn't get me on this round, but it's early yet. I noticed some preliminary leading indicators of an upswing coming (I forget what, I just remember having the thought - somebody's buying something or other). But it all depends on how the gov't - intentionally or not - screws things up.

The Mises guys are predicting hyperinflation.