Dirty Dick's is an outer banks NC crab house...I've seen the T-shirts -- "I got my crabs at Dirty Dick's"...they play the joke to the hilt.

[QUOTE=R.D. Silverman;272720]Grossly naiive. The real markets are driven by insider trading.[/QUOTE]
and those with special market access of various kinds. I think it's more driven by the investment bank types than anything; I remember working at ATI and being told that to avoid insider trading charges, buy stock on a regular basis.

But the little tidbits on Netflix self-immolation should give you an idea of some of the kinds of shenanigans that go on. Somebody want to tell me what's *really* driving their CEO?

Natural selection.
[url]http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-10-13/study-sheds-light-on-black-death-plague/3555568[/url]

[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Watts_(road_manager)"]Peter Watts[/URL] who contributed the memorable "[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speak_to_Me"]manic laughter[/URL]" to the Dark Side of the Moon is Naomi Watts' father. Sometimes I wish I had time to read Wikipedia all day long...

What everyone is asking:
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Hurrah for Nordstrom!
 

[url]http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/beauty/nordstroms-funny-holiday-shopping-policy-who-knew-2585012/[/url]

[url]http://www.demilked.com/amazing-pencil-art-by-jennifer-maestre/[/url]

The pictures (the slide show) are just incredible.

[url]http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/10/25/rare-northern-lights-paint-skies-across-north-america-deep-red/?test=faces[/url]

[QUOTE=rogue;275680]The pictures (the slide show) are just incredible.

[url]http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/10/25/rare-northern-lights-paint-skies-across-north-america-deep-red/?test=faces[/url][/QUOTE]

After several years of receiving occasional amber alerts from [URL="http://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/"]http://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/[/URL] I came down this morning to find a red alert, 'aurora visible though-out UK'. I was obviously too late and, needless to say, it had been raining all night anyway.

Then there is the airport one mile to the north. :no:

[URL]http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/final-super-bowl-trophy-unpacked-at-milwaukee-art-museum-131564618.html[/URL]

[QUOTE=Flatlander;275701]After several years of receiving occasional amber alerts from [URL]http://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/[/URL] I came down this morning to find a red alert, 'aurora visible though-out UK'. I was obviously too late and, needless to say, it had been raining all night anyway.

Then there is the airport one mile to the north. :no:[/QUOTE]

My mother saw it, in Cincinnati...and I missed it here in VA!!!!