Alarmist.

One last thing before I go to sleep.

Just now my cat was all wide eyed and asked, “Dude, are you seeing what’s going on with the Nikkei right now? There is no reason for it to be up like this today. I’m going to divest because I can’t stand this kind of instability.”

And I rolled my eyes and explained that of course the Japanese market would be going crazy, on account of the Sprint and T-Mobile deal falling through earlier and it is completely predictable that there would be waves in a tech-heavy market.

But did my cat listen to me? Of course not, she’s on the phone with her Tokyo broker right now.

You know, there’s a reason that everyone always says that cats are alarmists when it comes to Asian markets. 

Just keep on living the cliche, cat. 

Just keep living it.

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Awkward Porn Revelation.

I very seldom write anything specific about my work, and I am not going to start now … but we just sent out this big email blast about some new programs we’re offering and in the email are some pretty standard “happy business people” stock photos. Well, I swear to god that one of the women in one of the photos does porn.

I’m not kidding! And this isn’t like I’m having a nervous breakdown or anything and seeing porn stars everywhere! And I don’t even watch that much porn or anything … but I would swear on a holy bible that I have seen one of the women in a pornographic film.

You have to ask yourself, what are the odds? But if you think about it, it isn’t that unlikely. The woman is young and cute and has short blonde hair. And is more model-pretty than porn-star-ish anyway. So maybe she moved out to LA, got a gig as a model, moved from stock photo modeling to “sexy” modeling and then to “naked” modeling and then into pornography. Is that career path so hard to believe? I don’t think so. I earned my degree at CSU Northridge and I am certain that I went to school with a couple of women who were in the adult industry (the San Fernando Valley is to porn what the Midwest is to grain, after all). So I don’t even think that the possibility is that slim.

Obviously there is no way for me to confirm any of this though. I mean, I can’t go to my boss and be all like, “Hey … um … where do we buy our stock photos? Because I think I recognize one of the women from some pornography I have seen ...”




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