Pensees

I am at the halfway point of Portnoy's Complaint and the end cannot come soon enough.  It's funny; I ordered a shitload of books from the library yesterday/today, so there should plenty of reading to be done when they come in.  It is the literary form of Say's law, but the pressure builds enough so you get cracking and start reading...and let's face it, reading is a good thing to do, even if it crappy, vulgar yet boring, modern American Literature that is somehow not in the top half of th greatest novels of the 20th century. 

Good to see the Tribe win; Giami really smacked the ball, which is good, as he cannot do anything else.  Reynolds had two walks, which is odd; given his month-long slump, you'd think they'd be throwing him everything but strikes.  McAllister had a very solid start, which is something I didn't expect, given his last one, but the White Sox have a weak offense and it leans righty, so double bonus.  I was appalled to see a triple awarded in the ninth...doesn't ANYONE give errors anymore?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/travisbrown/2013/07/26/thought-its-best-known-for-nascar-north-carolina-takes-a-tax-reform-victory-lap/

I rather like this.  I think people -- ok, GOP governors -- are beginning to figure out that no matter what happens in DC, they need to create things that can cause them to be seen as business-friendly states, and this is one of the ways in which it can be done.  I suspect government spending is not getting the cuts it requires, but a start is a start.