Mark Thoma's Other Blog

Moral Hazard

I managed to trash the screen to my laptop today. It turns out that it doesn't like to have objects in the way when you shut it:

(The background is a picture of part of my backyard)

I'd like to be upset, but it's usable with an external monitor, it can be fixed, and best of all, it may be just the excuse I need to get a new one.

Missed Connections

At my class reunion, I found out that the pilot of the Northwest Airlines flight that made news when it flew 150 miles past the Minneapolis airport where it was supposed to land was someone I knew pretty well in junior high school.

By Ferries