Aaron is Dead. Long Live Aaron

Well, I’m a couple days late on updating y’all on this, but my first pet, Aaron, died.  He made it to 73 before he become no more and ceased to be.  Yes, that was a Monte Python reference, as the whole idea of an electronic pet seems borderline absurd.

But yet, Aaron remains.  It seems (and I know this is going to be a shock to most of you) that Aaron really liked me.  How do I know this?  The screen said so.  So much so, in fact, that he was willing to be reincarnated in my next pet.  So I took him up on the offer.  I now have a yellow dat named Aaron II who likes running around and crapping a lot.  He’s eating less than Aaron, but then again, he didn’t eat as much at the beginning either.  What scares me is the fact that II seems to have a lot going through his bowels.  I’m really glad all I have to do is touch the screen to clear the crap.

In other news, you can bet on the Enron trials.  Have you seen this?  Heard about this?  (Fans of Jimmy from South Park recognize that reference).  I might have to have our resident oddsmaker Casey look into this for us, but you might want to check out this article from Yahoo news:  “On Friday, when court was not in session, the trading at Intrade showed a more than 60 percent chance that Lay would be convicted of at least four of the seven counts of fraud and conspiracy against him. For Skilling, trading showed about a 75 percent chance he would be convicted on more than half the 31 counts of fraud, conspiracy, insider trading and lying to auditors pending against him.”

That’s not even the funny part.  Read this paragraph and the quotes from the attorneys for Lay & Skilling:  

Lawyers for the two men criticized such speculation on the future of their clients, who would face decades in prison if convicted. ‘I think it's abhorrent, betting on people's lives,’ Skilling lawyer Daniel Petrocelli said. Added Michael Ramsey, Lay's lawyer: "It should probably be illegal. That's an invitation to tamper with the case."

Hey, Petrocelli.  Is this any more abhorrent than your client creating false financial statements which effectively cost THOUSANDS of people their jobs (Enron employees as well as some good people at Arthur Andersen who didn’t have anything to do with Enron),  and costing other corporations MILLIONS (maybe BILLIONS) in compliance costs related to Sarbannes-Oxley, which was brought up due to your client’s actions?  No offense, but this isn’t as bad as most dead pools, which you probably took part in about 5-10 years ago.  I may just have to send this to Stephen Colbert.  You’re already dead to me, but you may soon be dead to Colbert as well.  For those of you who don’t know what I’m talking about, watch the show.

So that’s this week’s update.  I’m going to try to post updates every Friday at a minimum, but no promises.  I still have to address Ann’s request for a business update, and that will hopefully be my next post here.  I just couldn’t let the Enron thing go, and I’m sure EVERYONE was curious how Aaron was (past tense intended) doing.  If you’re reading this over the weekend, I hope you’re having a good one.  If you’re reading this on a Monday (or some other weekday), I hope you had a good weekend.  Now get back to work, but only after you click on an ad or two above.  I’ve already made just over $4.  Thanks gang!