betty page - 1923-2008

there is an obit for pin-up queen, betty page on yahoo's front page accompanying it is a photo of a guitar painted by my friend, pamelina.

after falling into obscurity after finding christianity in 1959, she was brought back into the public's eye through the comic by another friend of mine, dave stevens, the rocketeer. he modeled the love interest for the lead character, cliff secord, after betty.

sleep well, betty. you deserve it.

l.a. times obit - betty page

s.f. chronicle obit - betty page

auto bailout collapse

auto bailout talks collapse

the washington post is reporting that there will not be a bailout for the automakers. seems the UAW wasn't willing to cut pay for its members to parity with the nonunion workers on US soil for toyota and honda.

i wonder just how far stocks are going to fall tomorrow. 500 points? 750? 1000?

~sigh

i was finally getting a little of my previous losses over the last four months back. i suppose i shall wave goodbye to it when the bell rings in the morning.