4ECon - January 2008

Well, folks, it's been a Jantastic month.

Though I did spend the last few days being very sick. In fact, when I wrote that last post about the Democratic debate I was a little out of my mind with tiredness and braindeadism. Regardless, I'm sure you all appreciated my ranting.

For the record, which I'm always referring to but have never actually seen (who's maintaining this record? Google...?), January marks 6 months - a full 1/2 year - of 4EConglomeratory goodness. To celebrate this anniversarial goodness, I've decided to finally tell the story behind the 4ECon flag graphics. I know, you've all waited long enough. The time has come.

After I recap the month's postings, that is.

1. First off in January was part one of my attempt to dispute the idea that our middle class is being crunched/squeezed/destroyed/whatever. There is definitely, definitely more to be said about this - for as long as Lou Dobbs lives, Almighty God will not let me stop blogging. I even asked if I could stop and he said no.

2. Next off was The Parking Con. There is not a single website anywhere on the internet that does a better job showing parking behavior - nor has there ever been a blog post on any blog that can so easily double as a metaphor for whatever you want. Efficient Market Hypothesis? BS! This post knocked the socks off EMH! Go ahead, just try and argue! (Just kidding, don't try.)

3. Third was The War Conspiracy Game. It was supposedly a game because naming the post "The War Conspiracy" wasn't as interesting. Or would it have been? I have no falking clue. What am I, some sort of naming specialist?

4. I invented Krug Disease and I finally brought to the internet the phrase "Someone Set Up Us The Obama," (© 2005 Stephen Guzzo) . That's golden.

5. I got sick (Krug Disease?), I was bored, and I was watching the Democratic debates on CNN - in that order - so I posted my thoughts. I called it "Deblogging" because I was referencing myself from August 2007. I thought it was cool until I woke up the next morning and realized that no, no, in was not, in fact, cool at all. As we all know, though, once something is blogged, it can never be unblogged. What? Unblog is so a word.




A'ight.

And now, finally, the long awaited story behind the 4ECon flag graphics. I hope you're all wearing socks. Here goes. Finally:

I used Photoshop to turn a picture of my hand into a four because I was bored, then I put it on a flag-shaped thing and pretended that it looked like a 4 on an 'E', which is my last name in quasi-leet speak. And it's cool. The end.

And now you all finally know the story behind the über-famous 4ECon flags. Please, please, please, if you're the media, stop sending me requests for interviews about this one. Also, if you're the media, start doing a better job.

And just in case you didn't notice: Starting January 1st, you can click on the flag of any post and it'll sort all previous posts by that topic. Piratey is still my favorite brand. Try it or don't. I know, I know, it's lamer than your mom.

OK, that's enough of that.

- Dave