Hey, It Really Is with a Whimper

We were downtown at Pacific Place for lunch (salmon chowder). It was a little less peopled--a quiet Monday--but what was a little odd was how subdued everyone was, like queasy rollercoaster riders. No one was laughing. No one was regaling buddies with a loud, "What I did last weekend" story or arguing sports. They spoke softly. Out on the street, a single unbalanced woman was screaming at no one in particular: "Fuck you, fuck all of you!" The traffic was quiet. There was a single horn as a driver tried to drive straight through a green left-turn signal. Way across the country, the Dow closed below 10,000, at 9,955.

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I spent the weekend in towns of 900 odd folks. It was quiet there too.

90% of those people dont even know were in a financial crisis. Hell...maybe 2 of the 20 people I work with even know what the Dow Jones is.

Its the weather. Everyone is now saying "oh...I remember this. I will now shut down my personality for the next 8 months."

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