This Is What Happens To Chinese Executives Who Commit Crimes...

The Really: What happens to Wall Street moneymen who commited the greatest crime against the US in its history...namely the destruction of free market capitalism?

The Chinese will send executives to death for corporate malfeasance. What happens to American executives?

Oh, Blago! You've Done It Again!

The Really: Yeah, well, I will appoint someone you like...so there.

The Governor appoints long time Illinois pol and pathfinder Roland Burris to fill Obama's Senate seat even though everyone TOLD HIM NOT TO!

Pau Gives Lakers A Merry Christmas

The Really: Lakers break Celtics win streak and do it in a flurry: 92-83.

Merry Christmas LA.

Kobe was great but in the last few minutes Pau Gasol was amazing as the Lakers end the Celtics win streak at 19. Kobe takes full credit for telling Pau at half-time that Pau was one of the greatest players in the world. Armed with that knowledge Pau took over the game with two minutes to go and beat the Celtics (who were none to happy about it).

See ya in the Finals.

Barney's Christmas Windows 2008

The Really: Most years Barney's New York has wonderful Christmas windows.

For the many years when Barney's was at 16th and 7th Avenue New York City the Christmas windows were some of the best in the city. Times have changed but they still do windows worth a trip.

The great Brian Dube site New York Daily Photo blog has a great selection of other New York City Christmas windows. Browse really!

Christmas Eve 1968

The Really: This is the most famous picture ever taken.

Arguably the most famous photograph ever taken was made on Christmas Eve 1968 by the crew of Apollo 8 as they circled the moon in another arguably difficult year 1968.

Have a safe and thankful Christmas Eve and holidays. Really.

Late With Your Christmas Cards?

The Really: The best things are the old things when it comes to family, friends and sometimes even lovers.

Google yourself "antique Christmas cards" (click on images) and download the beauty of Christmas as it was meant to be. Attach in or to an email and send to your beloveds.

Best wishes and Merry Christmas!

(or any other holiday you choose to honor or ignore).

Suicide: L'Affaire Madoff

The Really: Rich people are as lousy with money as we all are?

The 50 billion dollar Madoff ponzi scheme and its disastrous fallout is reaching Jackie Collins proportions. Add a Madison Avenue banker's suicide and the richest people in the world to this amazing story.

The pot boils.

The rich are different Fitzgerald is said to have said but it looks like they can't handle money any better than we do.