you see what happens when i miss day after day of work due to illness? shit blows up!

(existential question: if the dow tanks but nobody’s watching CNBC, does Larry Kudlow make a sound? discuss.)

i like this one, though: Swiftness of Dow Drop Due to Computers. apparently the systems that calculate the published value of the DJIA got all confused because trading volume was so high, and so they were publishing a too-high value. someone figured it out, they switched over to the backup systems, which promptly went “hey! ha ha, DJIA go *splat*”

so apparently also greenspan is spinning tales of recession later this year. aie. well, it’s a good time to be grateful i’ve paid off over ten grand of credit card debt and only have about six left to go, i suppose.

in other news: TIRED OF BEING SICK NOW. PLEASE FOR TO START WITH THE GETTING OF BETTER! … i actually called my doctor’s office today to see if they thought i had symptoms of not-the-flu (i.e., strep throat or pneumonia), but of course all i got was the triage nurse’s voice mail and an (unfulfilled) promise of a call back. at the moment i’m not entirely miserable, but of course at about this time yesterday i was anticipating being able to go to work today. so. i guess we’ll see. all i know is if i have to miss tomorrow’s car class, i will be toying with automatic failure for the rest of the semester (you can only miss three classes, or you fail). and it’s only february! sigh. oh, and also, this caused me to miss voting. booo. :( i’m sure daley’s going to win, but at least i could have cast my symbol vote for not-him. stupid moron. he thinks the CTA is in fine condition (?!?!!!) and is all yay-Circle Line, yay-Block 37 superstation with O’Hare Express, yay-Olympics. you know, i like the bike lanes and all, but i think a little less misplaced faith would be nice. oh well. soon we shall see the returns and find out that the city of sheep has reelected its prince again. grumble.