And you are here why?

Woohoo, an all new wine!  From Hampi! W00t! "Hampi?"  "What, I say, What is Hampi?" (obligatory age-inappropriate continuation deleted) Hampi is the historic capital of the Vijayanagara empire - its huge, spectacular, was around 60 square miles in size, at its peak had around half a million people, and most importantly, was the site of the first annual Paolini-Subramanya Experience India(!)  tour (12 people, the resplendent Lindsay, and a wheelchair). Great time, no end of Gratuitous History everywhere (people living in or next to 1400 year old temples, random stuff, blah, blah, blah). "Great" you say.  "Great, but what on earth does this have to do with Hampi?" I'm glad you asked.   We got back from the weeklong trip, and dying for a glass of wine (No!  Never!) i swing by a wine store and see am pushed aggresively towards a bottle of Kinvah Shiraz (more on this in the future).  Not Sulu.  Not Grover.  Not even ND Wine.  Kinvah. And - shock ...

As a discussion about comedy shows on TV grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Arrested Development approaches one

Thou shalt not switch from The Godfather unless a commercial cometh upon ye Addendum As shalt thou (not) for Godfather - II Postscript Godfather III?  Never seen it - is it any good?

Theres this guy I know - works for Merrill Lynch (or is that BoA now?  Whatever).  I'm really not quite sure what his group does, but it involves plenty of financial wackiness. So, this guy - Lets call him John Puddingface - has a pretty good year last year.  Mind you, by 'good year', I mean his group ended up making around 2%, whilst all around chaos unfolded, the dark wings of night cloaked the fallen, and Merrill Lynch ended up screwing the pooch and getting bought by BoA. John Puddingface makes a bonus of roughly (get this) $2M .  And hes *pissed*.  Righteously, royally, religiously *pissed*.  Its only half of what he was expecting, he has a family, hes got obligations, how is he going to pay his mortgage, blah, blah, blah. Interlude Let us say, for arguments sake, that John Puddingface is actually a brilliant financial analyst, and his group effectively made 40% (the market went down 38, he went up 2, etc.).  The question is, if a company is going in the toilet, should...