I know a lot of things about what people say about Judge Burke, and I know how he is. I get along with him fine. I don't want to say anything bad about Judge Burke.

The headline number was weaker than what people expected. But when you look down into the underlying details, it's not as weak as what that headline number would suggest.

The intimate, even incestuous Circle in the Square where the audience was close enough to be patrons of the saloon.

SCE has borrowed billions of dollars, which threatens the company's solvency, through eight and a half months of inaction and delay by the CPUC, in order to continue to serve its customers, ... There was no reason for the CPUC to take this action, except for reasons of publicity. This decision undermines confidence in the fairness of the decision-making process at the CPUC.

And I find chopsticks frankly distressing. Am I alone in thinking it odd that a people ingenious enough to invent paper, gunpowder, kites and any number of other useful objects, and who have a noble history extending back 3,000 years haven't yet worked out that a pair of knitting needles is no way to capture food?

Most people expect that the Fed will hike short-term rates more than the 10-year (yield) will go up this year.