Year-End Post

[triadruid]

(actually that's not true, as I hope to make one more post with my book list, but I need to finish the Bataan Death Read first...)
Half-day at the office today and most people are out on vacation or at a going-away party, so I'm kind of wombling around getting things done.

First out of the gate, if you have the same sort of morbid fascination for the slow-motion demolition that our economy is undergoing that I do, I heartily recommend two things on LJ: solarbird, who does an excellent job of translating econ-speak into things mere mortals can understand, and links like a mofo; and reich_blog, the RSS feed for Robert Reich, former Clinton Secretary of Labor. He's got a pithy and admittedly liberal slant on things, but it's a lot more pragmatic than a lot of what I see out there.

Secondly, the Musical Death Star that is featherynscale's iPod is now 50% more full awesome. I uploaded most of my collection onto it in preparation for our trip to Florida (yes, this'll be our third major road trip of the year), and while we didn't quite get to making the new playlists like No Crying in Baseball, it'll be even more train-wreck-happy on Shuffle All, I'm sure. Good thing we didn't get a Zune, by the way...

Finally, a to-do list of little relevance to anybody here but me:

• Change email and phone messages at the office.
  
• Fill out timesheets.
  
• Send notice about Sorcerer Campaign to our players.
  
• Lunch.
  
• Get car washed and fueled, and oil changed.
  
• Print and mail EH newsletters.
  
• Get road snacks and dog food.
  
• Scrape bumperstickers.
  
• Get K and have dinner.
  
• Pack.
  
• Party like it's 2009.
  
• Sleep.
  
• Drive like lunatics to Jackson, MS, Navarre, Tallahassee, Jacksonville, etc...