- First, there's the drop in Facebook stock on its second day of trading. I don't really understand why this is news. Look out over the next five years and please explain to me how Facebook generates value anywhere near a price-earnings multiple of 75. You don't have an aswer? I'm not surprised.
- Second, there's the news that PSA tests for prostate cancer cause more harm than good. Quite frankly, I'd be more interested in this story if it said that prostate exams cause more harm than good. Maybe that good news will come in the next 12 months.
- Finally, there's the news that the John Edwards jury broke for the day without reaching a verdict. This makes sense to me. I once served on a jury that delayed notifying the judge of its verdict by one hour. Why? Not because we wanted to review the facts one last time and be certain we'd reached the proper verdict. No, that would have been the right thing to do. Instead, we delayed delivering the verdict because we'd been told that, if our deliberations continued past 5PM, the county would bring in dinner for us. After having sat through a 3-day attempted murder trial, we all felt that we'd earned that dinner.
Several times this weekend, I traipsed through the yard, looking with a mixture of anticipation and dread at the lilies. Anticipation, because I love the simple elegance of lilies. Dread, because I know that the deer are going to eat them.
It's inevitable. No matter how many times I spray my lilies with foul-smelling deer repellent (getting just enough on me to make sure Kim can smell it when I get near her) or how many rocks I throw at the deer (admittedly, I throw them half-heartedly), I know that the deer are going to win.
Maybe that's why this isn't really a news story -- everyone already knows the outcome. Who wants to cover that?