RIAA coming after you? Maybe if you are sharing lots and lots of songs or it is not your lucky day.

My brother thinking he is a superstar now that he hung out with Mandy Moore. Unfortunately, I couldn't post the after pictures because his girl might get mad.

I'm feeling that new Beyonce and Jay joint. Def makes you want to get down and dance.

Check my brothers post from below on Prague (my perma links don't seem to be working, just one more thing I need to fix).

George Soros offers this article from 2001 when discussing the idea of efficent markets (he doesn't buy it).


I contend that it would be better to recognize the uncertainties inherent in the behavior of financial markets than to cling to a purportedly scientific theory that distorts reality. If financial markets are potentially unstable, there is a need for financial authorities who make it their business to prevent excesses. The debate about efficient markets may be arcane, but the consequences for our lives are very real indeed

Interesting Slate piece on Gray Davis.

Best tidbits include...

Davis copped to the secret of his political success in 1995, shortly after his election as California's lieutenant governor, when he told the Los Angeles Times (quoting former Sen. Alan Cranston), "I have only one skill—I can pick weak opponents." \

Even those who praise Davis couch their admiration in the negative: They like Davis because of what he's not rather than what he is. During Davis' first run for governor in 1998, the New Republic's Peter Beinart lauded him for not being a plutocratic donor-turned-candidate like Checchi or Harman (a character type that Beinart criticized for taking over California politics). Beinart's highest praise for Davis: "[H]is lack of charisma is refreshing." The next year, the Weekly Standard celebrated Davis for not being a lefty, highlighting his "remarkable effort to strip California Democrats of doctrinaire liberalism." Many of Davis' donors, in fact, are Republicans who see him as the best of the bad lot the California Democrats have to offer. If a Democrat is going to win, the thinking goes, it might as well be Davis.

Davis certainly won't ward off a recall by selling his winning personality to voters. If a man is to be judged by the friends he keeps, Davis is hard to judge—because he doesn't have any. "Gray doesn't really have any friends," an anonymous "Davis associate" told the LA Weekly last year. "He has supporters. His friends are his supporters." Or, as one of Davis' Stanford fraternity brothers complained to the Los Angeles Times, "He's a cipher." Unlike the typical gregarious pol, Davis appears to be completely uninterested in people. As a former Davis staffer put it to the Orange County magazine OC Metro, Davis is "not the type of individual who wants to get to know you. He's interested in what you produce, but not interested in you."

Wadup, this is Christians bro again. I am in Prague right now. All I can say is wow. Got here Friday night, where to start. I met up with the Dali Lama Friday night, which was a blessing since traveling with my Aunt and little sister gets somewhat rough at times, especially with the night scene. Although my girl was out here for 2 weeks and I hooked up with my boy Nino in Croatia, going to clubs with your Aunt and little sister isn't the greatest situation. Anyways, so Friday night we meet up and go to this place called M1 secret lounge. Next thing you know, we are sitting there and look up and see Matt Damon. After 10 minutes of arguing whether it was him or not, we talk to him and get a couple pictures. However, when Dali is taking a picture of Matt and I, some guy sticks his hand in my face by mistake. I get a little ticked, look over, and it is Heath Ledger (from the Patriot and 10 things I hate about you and Knight's Tale). Next thing you know, I give my sister my camera, walk over to Mandy Moore, put my arm around her and take a picture with her. Her bodyguard was about to kill me, but I couldn't pass up the oportunity. Then my sister stated talking to her and I took another picture and had to move on cause the bodyguard and I started arguing. Then, we look over and see Jeremy Piven (from Serendipity and I think he was on Ellen). He is surrounded by all these amazing 22 year old chicks. My sister tells him she loved him in Serendipity and takes a picture with him. He was actually pretty coola nd started talking to us. My Aunt then says this is my niece, and points to my sister. Jeremy then has the quote of the night when he puts his arm around one of the gold digging, but very hot girls and says, "this is my grand daughter." Was pretty hilarious. Several other mediocre celebrities were there, but I couldn't even think of there names. I heard some guy say he saw Kevin Bacon and John Malcovich, but I didn't think they were there.

All-in-all, Prague is an amazing place. Up there with Florence for favortie cities in Europe. The buildings are amazing and all well preserved. I gotta go do some sight seeing now, so I will write more on Friday when I get home and post some good pics of me and my celebrities. I rolled in last night at about 6 with Dali and his girl when it was light out, and I got up at 9:30 (It's 2 now) so today and tonight will be rough especially when I head back to Slovakia. Alright, peace for a couple days.