dear lazyweb

Anybody gotten a windshield ding repaired locally before and want to tell me who did it? I was driving to get groceries late last week and PANG! I suddenly had a nice little star-like ding in my car's front windscreen. Gir.

eta: Got a pointer via the murkmush. Surprise! Thanks tho'. ^_^

extremely briefly

No real econ post today, but I did want to know that the TED (and LIBOR) have both continued down, with the TED today hitting 2.72, which is to say, the top end of the normal red-alert crash signal range, as opposed to the armageddon range in which it has been for several days. This is good news.

However, Alphaville has some interesting charts about UK debt, but it's not just the UK in question here, and has a lot to say also about default rates on corporate bonds. And hey, what's another half trillion in Fed funds anyway? They're using an old Depression-era emergency powers rule to grant US$540B to money market funds.

Finally, The Economist posted a short history of modern finance. And I'm stopping here so I don't go wandering through the financial data again - I have stuff to do!

( What Your Taste in Art Says About You )

Today's lesson: put important mail in a locked postbox

Today's lesson is don't put your absentee ballot in your own little unsecured mailbox. This blogger reports finding theirs torn up in pieces on the ground by someone they presume did not like their voting.

Also, don't put cheques and other sensitive letters there either. Find a blue box, people, or drop by the post office, or something.

You Should Be Allowed to Vote

You got 15/15 questions correct. Generally speaking, you're very well informed. If you vote this election, you'll know exactly who (and what) you'll be voting for. You're likely to have strong opinions, and you have the facts to back them up.

Should You Be Allowed to Vote?

it's official!

annathepiper's first novel, Faerie Blood, is officially under contract, and can be talked about. Release date is TBD, but it'll be sometime around the new year. Watch her (and probably my ^_^ ) LJ for news. ^_^

Somebody was asking about insulation, and I hope they're reading my LJ

Somebody was asking me about building insulation in the not-distant past, and I cannot remember who, and I'm hoping it's somebody who reads my LJ.

What I was trying to remember is a product called Icynene. It's much more expensive than fibreglass but not so bad as spray-in systems go. It's more effective than most spray-in systems - it's possible to retrofit an old house to be as airtight as modern-construction, with all the good and bad of that - and it has the added benefit of being a not-too-bad soundinsulator as well. I found it rather effective at helping dampen road noise at Murkworks South, particularly when combined with better windows.

Anyway, hopefully one of you were the person asking. ^_^

well, I've put it on the shows site, so

I don't know how it works and I don't know whether anyone at the venue pays attention, but there's an open mic at Caffe Ladro in Bothell this Saturday at 8PM, and I'm going to show up and play and sing some of my songs. At least, I will, assuming we don't have the failboat show up like on Caprica last Sunday. (We got there later than I wanted; the organiser had to leave early that day and was already packing when we got there. Fail.) So this'll be the first time anybody's heard these things in public. That'll be terrifying neat.

Anybody know whether I should bring my own mic? The mandolin won't need any help, but my voice probably will.