The real victims of the economic crisis…

The wives and girlfriends of the wealthy stockbrokers and bankers facing economic woes!

Fewer mani-pedis! Less lunches out! Reduced baby sitter hours! No more Ferragamos!

Oh the humanity!

Thankfully these poor souls have taken to the blogosphere to find relief (and hopefully a book deal! Reality show? Anyone? Anyone?)

Check ’em out at Dating a Banker Anonymous.

Bring a box of tissues.

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Copy Cat!

Seems the shoe throwing way of expressing dissent has found itself a new audience in China.

From the BBC, the Chinese Prime Minister was giving a talk when an athletic shoe came soaring his way, but a bit offline, landing about a meter away.

At least the guy in Iraq had some arm on him, eh?

Anyhow, don’t let my employees know that this is in style. Some of the ladies on my team wear these tall clunky heels. That would cause bosslike hematomas and such. Ouch.

So is this now a trend? A latest fad? If so we’re all going to need helmets. ugh!