When I moved into my condo, I converted my bedroom walk-in closet to a small library. I bought shelves. I brought all my books and placed them on it.

Haphazardly. Out of order.

Last night I decided to organize them, finally.

I debated different sorting strategies.  I could sort the books by Subject. I could have the most popular books kept on one shelf.

Ultimately, I decided to sort alphabetically by author.

And… use Goodreads to create virtual shelves.

I’m thinking that with this system, I’ll have some organization as well as the ability to find my books really quickly.

This project will take a few days, I think.

Yesterday, the Dow had its biggest intra-day drop ever. 998 points.

What happened?

First, a rumor suggests that “A trader may have accidentally entered $16 billion – instead of $16 million – in a deal involving Procter and Gamble, sparking the massive selloff.”

Second, “At around 2:43 p.m., the New York Stock Exchange halted trading in a few stocks for about 90 seconds in order to help traders stabilize prices. At about the same time, it looked as if something went wrong — badly wrong — with a program trade. Because the NYSE had halted some of the trading, the trades went to secondary markets, where there were no buyers. Individuals who had borrowed money from their brokerage firms to buy stocks or had sell orders at specific prices were instantly sold out.”

Wow.

P.S. Whoever bought Accenture at $0.01 made a killing. At one point during this fiasco, someone was forced to sell at a penny. The stock eventually closed at $41.09. Lucky buyer!

What code phrase has activated the murderous sleeper cell of orcas?

Remember the Sea World trainer?

Earlier this week, there was a report in Seattle of a pod of orcas attacking a gray whale.

Yesterday the 5th gray whale this month was found dead.

Suspicious, isn’t it?