Re: the last entry. I'm exploring leaving my job for one in Nooyork, that would be in working in equities. I don't think you have to be terribly brilliant to work in equity - debt and derivatives are a little more intellectually demanding, but whatevs - what I'm doing now isn't working for me.
Went to the Huskies game today and afterward went to spend some gift cards. I ran into someone I met at a wedding with his girlfriend. We talked, I congratulated him on the IPO he worked through, etc. Our mutual friend came up. I'm a jerk, so I don't actually know what's happening with people, but our friend lost his job a while ago. We parted ways and I noticed how dumb I felt holding a potato ricer. I didn't buy it. But I still want one.