My understanding is that the TED spread is an indicator of aversion to risk; showing whether or not people will lend money. When it’s where it is now, that means no one will loan anyone any money, and in the odd occasion that they do, it’s at a crazy interest rate. When the spread goes down, that means the assets start to thaw and money (credit) starts moving again. When this goes back down, you’ll see the DOW recover.

Watch the spread.

Funny thing though, there was one guy with a mccain-palin sign, all tattered and torn, crumpled up, walking around holding it up for people to see. Later, I saw him sitting down, listening to Springsteen and clapping when he was talking about “rebuilding the house”, meaning America, of course.

There was also a whole family holding signs saying, “Independents for mccain” written in black magic marker on big pieces of cardboard. Mom lead the charge with son, maybe 5-years-old, and dad following with little girl up on his shoulders. All I could think about is how if they get their way, they might end up living under those signs. Poor kids. It’s not their fault their parents are voting for a guy that’s going to make their lives a lot harder.

This was also a charming little piece of film, which is exactly the type of film you need to see after you go see There Will Be Blood—not before. That’s exactly what we did, and it sort of ruined the whole night. We also saw this up at the Court Street cineplex, the place where feet are always hanging off railings, the machines that sell tickets so you don’t have to talk to anyone (I may be social, but I hated working in a theater after a while, too, so rudeness towards patrons is not justified, but understandable), and where I always end up spilling popcorn. That said, I will always think of Jack Black’s Ghostbusters theme when I think of this movie. Nevermind that that was in the trailers and commercials, it’s still my favorite part.

The funny thing about thinking about all the movies I saw this year, you can actually tell when I’ve spent most of my time (weekends) at home because there’s movie after movie after movie of stuff that you see on USA or TBS every weekend. This one is probably seasonal, but for the life of me, I can’t understand why Miss Congeniality or Legally Blonde or Miss Congeniality 2 is always on cable. Every weekend. I’m sure there’s a real good explanation for that.

I will say this: If they get the right script, Piven and Cusack are best-friend gold, and the more they work together, the better. In fact, if the two had the choice, I’m sure every movie they would be in would be with each other and Joan. So, watch out for it—sequels to Say Anything and Grosse Point Blank. I’ll start writing ‘em now.

We saw this at Film Forum, and the satire of the film made me a little bit sad and feel gross about watching the film and yet still sort of condoning the whole thing — Watching reality television and feeding into the media that’s portrayed as satire in the movie but is not far off from reality. Hell, it is reality.

The fact that Run Lola Run dies in the first 10 minutes of this movie basically gives Bourne free-reign to be a total badass, which I suppose he was in the first movie, but in this one and the next one, where he pulls the I’m-in-your-office-because-you’re-dumbm trick a few times is proof positive that he is the most badassed guy around. I also like this better than a lot of other spy role because there’s not boring or unlikeable or uncomfortable stuff that goes around and makes you feel like this is just make-believe, like the Bond films. That said, I haven’t seen Casino Royal, and the poster for the new Bond movie is pretty sweet.

But really, since all I can do is think about Palin these days, I most like this movie because MD is thoughtful about the whole ordeal. You saw that vid, right? And before you GOP-ers (are there any out there?) go talking about how celebrities shouldn’t talk politics, take a good look at Palin and tell me she isn’t milking “celebrity” right now. I mean, where’s the beef, Guv?