America & Default Culture

Megan McArdle has a good post today.

An Awful Variation On The Foreclosure Tune

Are we as a people going to suck it up and pay our debts or are we going to walk away. This is something to thing about as both individuals and as a nation.

Vice-publican shows his spots

We won't miss you Dick.

Dick Day to leave Senate to pursue racino gambling

This made me laugh.

I needed a laugh today. Thank you Stephan Pastis.

iTunes Digitial 45s

I just saw this today. It is an interesting marketing idea to a semi-old man like me, but not old enough to be part of the original 45 era. The digital music era destroyed the idea of the Album. 10 or so songs recorded and packaged to be listened to at the same time. This is a case of form forcing function. The digital era every becomes there own radio programmer and buys and arranges individual songs. This is a way to take two songs from an artist and sell them as one unit. How many albums have 10 great songs. Some do, but I can name several where I listen to two or three tracks and skip the rest.

I have to congratulate apple on the pricing strategy. Sell two songs for $1.99 that could be purchase separately for $1.98. It looks like you get a little extra album art for your penny, but I bet the extra penny is pure profit.

My little girl is cute.

Check out the F family preview at Sova Photography. They did a great job on her two year pictures.