The Gathering Storm

I woke up this morning to howling wind and fiercely pelting rain on my apartment. In a somewhat unusual situation for the Korean peninsula, a typhoon hit the entire country. Power went out, schools were either delayed or cancelled, and shoddily-built umbrellas were dispatched without mercy. Within a few hours, though, the storm had passed, classes came back into session, and I suppose new umbrellas were purchased (?).

Greed is Go(o)d

In the "This should piss you off if you're paying attention" segment of today's news, it's been reported that CEOs of firms that laid off people in 2009 made more money than their counterparts in companies that did not ($12 million on average). This includes a number of firms that were fairly well-positioned despite operating in the worst economic cycle in America since the Great Depression, and who were already making profit. Story here.

There is class warfare in America, and we're a bunch of fools if we don't recognize it.

There Are Always Reasons For Hope

Things might be bad - the bad economy, environmental disasters, Paris Hilton's cocaine charges, etc. - but there's always hope.