i do not think we will have a recession akin to the 1930s. but i do think the world's power will shift. this should prove most interesting.

in other news, Google processes over 20 petabytes of data per day (cite). That is equal to 20,000 terabytes, which is equal to 20,000,000 gigabytes. my computer has 100 gigabytes.

in other news, Jesse and I got kidnapped last night from a strip club called visions. we were driven around madison for 2 hours smoking reds and trying to verbally fend for ourselves. he did have a bat in the back seat. but he also, i thought, was hitting on me. thanks to luke dustin and jason for picking us up at the red roof inn, "across from perkins," near the east towne mall.