Overwhelmed

• Vocab: 
• predicate - to base or establish "the economic recovery is predicated on the restructuring of the financial industry"
• geld - to castrate, weaken, deprive of strength
• gerrymander - to divide regions by (political) favor
• Article of the Day: Michael Lewis - California and Bust
• surprisingly sympathetic views on Meredith Whtiney's call on the muni bond market, and on Governor Schwarzenegger 
• Fight the sensation of being overwhelmed: Relax, simplify, reduce the number of problems at hand, take a short break, but above all, avoid the urge to hide in distractions!
• Quote: " 'Famous novelist'? The adjective is inappropriate to the noun. It's like being — 'I'm a famous ceramicist.' Well, you can be a good ceramicist. You can be a rich ceramicist. You can be much admired by other ceramicists. But you aren't famous. That's gone." ~Gore Vidal -- I liked the turn of the phrase there, I should start using it
• "I live in poverty for I am a river unto my people!" ~Salih Abudhayi, Lawrence of Arabia  -- remember, you can be a river unto the people without being a rich man
• "thus neglect becomes our ally" ~Edmund Dantes, The Count of Monte Cristo -- learn all you can while staying under the radar
• Read Counterclockwise by Ellen Langer for how to stay young - 1979-1959 experiment transforming 80yr olds into younger 80yr olds