hobbled by losing bets on mortgages

The title line ( hobbled by losing bets on mortgages) is from an article I am reading this morning about the failing economy- in particular the seizure and sale of WaMu by the Feds. Does anybody else find that line just a little disturbing?
In that kind of light the government definately should NOT be giving anybody a bailout, except maybe the people who are loosing their shirts because of their financial advisor deciding to BET with other peoples money. What a freakin crock-a-pooey.
The last time I saw information about investments it was "come inviset your money with us; we are STRONG, and SOLID, and don't throw away your money" But the last time I saw niformation about betting it was "Do you need help with your addiction? have you or someone dear to you lost everything? etc..." The second largest investment bank in the US cannot rightfully justify what happened, so how did they let it?
Freakin idiots, How come I can't get a decent job, but these guys are sitting in their pearl towers? How is that possible?

-g

...Another one bites the dust...

Chevy Silverado: Now offered with the new modular frame.
aka- What The Fuck?

The picture above was the high point of my day. Today I had a Lab for my AET class that was familiarizing myself with the hydraulic 2-post lifts we use in the shop. I volunteered my truck since I live across the street, and I wanted to put it up in the air. This would be the first time in the, roughly, year and a half I've owned it.
I had been aware of a broken brace rod across from where the pictured area is...but this I had, amazingly, NEVER seen or noticed.
For clarification: The picture is taken from behind the cab, looking forward. The beam on the right is the passenger side frame rail. The cross beam is the transmission crossmember, and it's mount on the frame. The frame bracket has fractured where it mounts to the crossmember.

Fucked. Over the last couple of days I had been getting things in order for selling the truck. Now I have no idea what to do. Depressing. No wonder I got such a good deal...

-g :(

Boredom and broken gear..

"Time flys like an arrow, fruit flys like a banana." - Groucho Marx

Great quote. I have a feeling it will be in my mind very much for the next 4 years of my life...and probably more than that but thats for another discussion.
School is going splendidly. The workload is increasing, but so far I have handled everything okay. I'm in the solid upper B range for all my classes so far. Big History test coming up on Thursday that will hopefully be in the same area.
Work is the dullest thing I have ever done. The only people who ever seem to contact my desk at night are about 99% stuff that I have no control over or have nothing to do with me.
Outside of school things are okay as well. Meeting plenty of new people from my classes and a few from the auto lab. But most as they say- What happens in Kato, Stays in Kato. :)

On a doubly sad note, I found out last night that my blender broke, and in the process of fixing it I broke it further. While researching this "Dormey 7500" handheld blender/mixer I found out that these were produced in the 40s-50s. I actually felt bad that it broke! ($16 on eBay and everything will be okay though!)

I also found out this morning that Jeff Moyle died over the weekend. A horrible loss, epsecially for the upper midwest rally community. He was only 30 years old. My heart-felt sorrows go out to his wife and young daughter, and the rest of the Moyle family.

-G