Darkling Wood

Them, and Us

Had Sunday lunch at El Chilito in Austin.

Afterwards, my wife and I drove around looking at "the East side" of I35. It's a far cry from where we live, way out West of the city near a suburb called Lakeway. I live in what they call a "gated community". There are many of them, but ours is particularly special in that it has a manned gate. 24x7x365.25 there are always at least two "guards" to keep out unwanted people, like terrorists, illegal immigrants, and Canadians. It's a sanitized, mow-your-lawn-or-else kinda place; like Pleasantville, or Seahaven but not as wild and unruly. It's a mostly white, anglo-saxon, heterosexual, some-kind-of-Christian, fairly-to-very rich enclave. A place characterized by Safety Through Sameness.

Brownian Motion

My Google Apps front page has a CNNMoney.com newsfeed gadget. Here are the headlines for the last three days:

Monday: Stocks head for rosy start
Tuesday: Stocks could lose momentum
Today: Strong start seen for stocks

That's a "yipee!", a "darn!" and a "wahay!" in the space of three days. Give me a break Mr. Klein. This is not news, it's chicken entrails.