May 30, 2008 - 22:54 | + 3 - 0 Simpson's Hit and Run

I decided to start playing my gamecube again since I don't have any PS3 games yet (I'm waiting until the current year of grad school is over before I get a new game). As I looked through my old collection of games, I noticed that Simpsons Hit and Run was sitting in the middle of the pile. I realized I had never beat it, so I put it in my console and started playing it from my last save point. I played the game for over an hour, and made some progress (almost finished level 6!)

When I went to save it again, I noticed that my last save was from 2004... how time flies... have 4 years really passed since I last played this game??

May 17, 2008 - 21:59 | + 4 - 0 Interesting NPR Show on Credit Crisis

NPR's "This American Life" did a fantastic show about the origins of the recent sub prime and global credit crises. I thought they did a good job breaking down the problem so that a finance novice (like myself) could understand the issues.

The show is available as a free mp3 on their site.