oh right hello livejournal

Right, um, it's been a week. Damn. Okay. A quick list:

1: Cultural Warfare Update has taken a little hiatus. I will be resuming CWU posts, but I apparently need a little time away from it for the time being. (This bit is the only Culture War portion of this post, if you're looking at my stuff via that filter and that's your primary, consider this a vacation announcement.)

2: I'm fine. I haven't gone anywhere, though I will probably be away from LJ at the end of August and early in September. After that I rather imagine things might get back a little more towards normal. Right now, things are strange. Not bad. Just strange.

3: Bullet list of things I'd be thinking about more if I wasn't distracted:

A. The markets are about one more Bear Stearns-level failure away from a panic. Dr. Bernanke is walking a slackrope over the Grand Canyon; let's all wish him the best of luck. I'm certainly keeping my fingers crossed.

B. This global oil production graph is not reassuring.

C. This external financing statistic is not good news either. Sorry.

So anyway, you might keep eyes on that stuff if you want.

( Stuff is happening, but it's okay. )