grin and Bear (Stearns) it

Marketplace, the financial news program I like to listen to, plays different selections of music based on the stories and the day between their stories. Today between a story about events in the banking industry (bailout, further losses, possible further bank defaults) and the roundup of the days numbers they played a bit from Black 47's "Livin' in America". You know, the song with the lyric, "mammy dear, we're all mad over here, livin' in America." I like to think the fact it's St. Patrick's day didn't have much weight in the selection, but rather what the song is about.

reading (The Austere Academy)

I had started "The Austere Academy" during vacation while sitting in sunlight too bright for the ebook. I finished it yesterday evening. There has been character development in Sunny, which both derien and I made note of. We also got introduced to some new possibly recurring characters. The dread and foreboding are so thick you can cut them up and serve them in the cafeteria. As Lemony says, if you want happiness, go play in another book.

17. Lemony Snicket "The Austere Academy"