WHEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Come on down, folks! Take a ride on the awesome-super-cool-fun MARKET MADNESS ROLLER COASTER!! Go around the world! From Iceland to Italy to Russia to Brazil to Japan, I can guarantee this will be the ride of your life!

(FYI, Russia halted trading again today. Evil Empire? How about floundering joke?)

The Fed cut rates this morning, to keep up with the ‘Peans. Funny how in times of crisis, it’s every man (or, land, I should say) for itself.

So, what do we do in times of crisis? Strike up the violins, my friends! It’s almost Halloween!

MarketWatch, bastion of economic news that it is,  has this helpful guide to wearing the right Halloween costume for your shape.

They are also taking the time to tell you that chocolate milk is the “official” drink of Halloween. Hm. They must be talking about children, because this is usually the official drink of my Halloween parties.

The Kansas City Star has a step-by-step guide to creating a Joker costume, so I’m going to go ahead and recommend that you find something a little more original (hee, hee! Cute!).

Oh, yeah, right, news: there was a debate. It was kind of a let-down. But *ahem* it looks like we might have a winner…

Better news: Crackberry addicts, there is a cure for your iJealousy! Research in Motion will be birthing its own touchscreen bundle of joy, available by the end of the year. Will a newborn crackbaby save RIM in time for Christmas?

By the way… just gotta say: all the Reps out there (and a bunch o’ Dems!) who have been giving Bush a pass for eight years? If you were quietly thinking to yourself, “What’s the worst that could happen?” Well. I hope you’re happy.

*before they’re all gone