Happy birthday karenkay

Hope it's a good one.

Another opinion piece I like

On the housing bubble and the housing markets, in Forbes, from Todd Zywicki.

http://www.forbes.com/2009/04/09/mortgage-bankruptcy-foreclosure-opinions-columnists-zywicki.html

He seems like such a reasonable guy. Too bad Dartmouth's administration engineered his removal from their board.

EDIT: A fine collection of tax-related factoids from Reason -- calculated to make your head 'splode if you ever aspire to have a high income.

Nopalxochia

The last of four blooms wilted today. It was a pretty good run, starting with the first bud on February 25.