Off the Cuff / My Other Journal

Pension Funds on the Brink?

http://reason.com/news/show/130843
I could think this is the writings of a nay-sayer, but the guy is a serious one and usually tells what he really believes in and what I have been afraid of in the back of my mind.
Being the eternal optimist, I am hoping everything will fall into place and we'll clear off our misdeeds.
On the other hand, if what he says comes true, I'm heading for the hills...that is if I can come up with the cash to head for the hills.

But then on a totally unrelated issue, on the lighter, positive side, if this can be considered positive, Megan Garber writes in Columbia Journalism Review, about Twitter:
"The Twitter of the Shrew. No, Seriously.
Hey, did you hear that sound? That dull, rumbling-but-kinda-squeaky noise, echoing and mournful and punctuated with a gaping groan?
If so, don’t worry too much…it’s probably just Shakespeare rolling in his grave."