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For those who keep asking me “how’s the market been the last few weeks”, take a look at the CME Volatility Index for a rough idea (see the 5 year chart).
Another amusing bit I ran across was Central Banking Explained.

While I was on paternity leave, my office mates decided to, er, pack up my office.

On a spur-of-the-moment gag, I asked one of our Site Management guys to print out a giant “You Suck” banner on the plotter at work for one of my co-workers. Once he started working on the banner, it took on a life of it’s own. Eventually we ended up building a frame and […]

We’ve been in Chicago a week now, and I swear it must snow every day. Not the kind of heavy snow Virginian’s see (on the rare occasion it actually snows there), but rather a light snow which blows about for hours but hardly sticks to anything. And although 20 degrees here certainly feels […]

Last night I had one big final get-together with a bunch of my current and former AOL coworkers at Breaker’s Billiards in Herndon. Beer, pool, food, and friends. Now I remember why it was such a hard decision to leave.
A big thanks to everyone who came out, and to everyone who pitched in […]