In case you didn’t see the video already of Kanye behaving badly, I posted it as my distraction of the day yesterday. Watch that video and you will be up to speed – pretty outrageous.  Below is a Kanye West-inspired dub over of the German movie “Der Untergang”.
Apparently, this video can be used in any [...]

Love him or hate him, Michael Jackson was an extraordinary performer. His death is as shocking as Elvis’ 32 years ago. Rest in peace. Here are some videos I got via Mashable. Tragically, Farrah Fawcett has also died. Rest in peace.

I forgot to add this to my links.  Very funny Saturday Night Live clip spoofing Timothy Geithner.  See the link here.
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For you Star Trek fans, here is a little weekend preview of what to see.  It’s Star Trek vs. Wolverine at the box office this weekend.  It might be a nice break from stress tests and employment reports.  Enjoy.

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I hope you all have a great weekend. Here is a clip from a new film you might want to take the kids to see.

Enjoy.

A video from Saturday Night Live.

The Dow Jones and the S&P 500 both closed at levels not seen in nearly twelve years. Despite a ‘bailout rally’ for the financials in the morning, the day was marked by heavy selling with the Dow down to 714 and the S&P ending the session at 743.

With the weekend and Holiday season upon us, I wanted to end the week with a distraction of the day video sent to my by my friend Judith. I think it’s pretty uplifting. Maybe, I’m just getting sentimental in my old age.

Back in September, during the depressing days after Lehman collapsed, I posted a few mindless videos as distractions of the day to get your mind off of Finance.

I’m a day late because the markets rallied pretty nicely today. But, in honor of all the chatter about quantitative easing and America going they way of Japan, here is the distraction of the day: The Vapours singing “Turning Japanese,” another classicly absurd ’80s song and video.

Look, the markets were really ugly this week. But, at a minimum, we avoided the worst on Friday.
In the end, we can live in a constant reality of fear and loathing…. or we can escape and relax. Everybody needs a little escape now and again. So, every once in a while [...]