Posting less.  Working more.  Dreaming about running away the whole damn time.  I’ve found out that my two best friends from back east are coming out for 10 days during the Olympics…my liver is already hurting.  One of them is determined to find as many Swedes as humanly possible.  I’ll be content to just watch him ebarrass himself.

Annyways, here’s a round-up.  I’ll post something more fun later…I hope.

OIL / NAT GAS

Copenhagen fail, Oil Sands Growth - Conoco, Total to Expand in Oil Sands

Higher oil price, or higher food price, you decide - Brazil Open’s World’s First Ethanol Plant

Remember when T.Boone was all about wind?  Me neither - Pickens Turns to Gas

But does any of it matter? - Jeff Rubin Makes a Speech

Don’t worry, humanity finds ways to burn - E-Yikes!  Electric Bikes!

MARKETS

Buy Canada, we’re nice - Record Foreign Purchases of Canadian Bonds

(And we have a lot of what’s hot) - Commodities Draw Fund Investment

Russia likes us - Russian Invests Forex Reserves in Loonie

The herd hasn’t arrived yet, we’re not at the top - 87% of Investors Missed Out in 2009

Meanwhile, the other 13% had a blast - Bullish at the Brink

But here’s some cause for concern - Insider Selling Outpaces Buying

ECON

The IMF likes what it seeks - IMF: Global Growth to Exceed 3%

But only if we’re stimulated - IMF: Double-Dip a Risk if Stimulus Ends Early

Bartenders, please invent a strong bitter cocktail named a ‘Roubini’ - The Coming Sovereign Debt Crisis

Because the mood in the bar is souring - Pub Power Index Turns Negative

Holier than Thou - Don’t Like the Numbers?  Change’em!

And in charge - White House, Congress Reach Deal on Debt Commission

With hecklers in the crowd - Extend and Pretend, the Inflation/Deflation Debate

And commentators in the corner - The Fed’s $1.25 Trillion Gambit

RSIL (Random Shit I Liked)

You’ve got 10 fingers, we’ve got 10,000 - stop pointing - Did Foreigners Cause America’s Financial Crisis?

The right moves for First Nations - First Nations, CEO’s Signal New Era

How to kill the copper price - Nikola Tesla is Electrifying Hip Techies

This pisses me off for a number of reasons.  Let’s try consumption control before population control, shall we? - The Real Inconvenient Truth

Sic