ides of December

12-15-09—[Experiments show that] fruit fries are choosing to consume alcohol ... until they are intoxicated, even if they don’t like the taste. They are also falling off the wagon. NYT D3
--The wonder, madame, is that you do not appreciate the inducement. --Samuel Johnson [responding to a lady’s negative comments on alcohol consumption]
--A quarter of top executives at major US companies had gains in their supplemental retirement-savings plans in 2008, even as employees had sizale losses in the companies’ retirement accounts. WSJ A1, C1
--12-14-09--You know life has gotten surreal when we have to beg a pro golfer to be boring. WSJB6