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Posted by Dan Daoust in "We've Got A Plan ("The Plan") For The Shit ("The Shit") Hitting The Fan ("The Fan")" Monday, November 3, 2008 6:32 PM

First, I laugh. Then, I correct.

It's (the "Plan"), (the "Shit") and (the "Fan"), i.e., with the word "the" outside the quotes.

Posted by Dan Daoust in "New Fiscal Sheriff In Town" Wednesday, November 5, 2008 12:05 PM

Mystal, I've never joined in the idiot chorus of haters and trolls, but your immaturity has reached soaring new heights with this post. Are you really using this blog to rebuke the voters? Do you really think you have "revealed" Obama's tax policy? Do you think you are funny to recycle that age-old photo?

Mystal, you're a putz.

Posted by Dan Daoust in "Maryland Bar Exam Results: (Almost) Everybody Wins!" Monday, November 10, 2008 1:07 PM

No, you are day.

Posted by Dan Daoust in "Nationwide Layoff Watch: White & Case Brings Layoffs into the Vault Top 20" Tuesday, November 11, 2008 3:49 PM

WSJ Law Blog now reporting it. 70 associates and 100 staff. Not explicit whether that's firm wide or in NYC; presumably the former.

Posted by Dan Daoust in "Nationwide Layoff Watch: White & Case Brings Layoffs into the Vault Top 20" Tuesday, November 11, 2008 3:59 PM

WSJ Law Blog now reporting it. 70 associates and 100 staff. Not explicit whether that's firm wide or in NYC; presumably the former.

Posted by Dan Daoust in "Nationwide Layoff Watch: White & Case Brings Layoffs into the Vault Top 20" Tuesday, November 11, 2008 4:02 PM

I only clicked once!

Posted by Dan Daoust in "Nationwide Layoff Watch: White & Case Brings Layoffs into the Vault Top 20" Tuesday, November 11, 2008 4:06 PM

I only clicked once!

Posted by Dan Daoust in "Treasury Porn, Pt. II" Wednesday, November 12, 2008 11:23 AM

Looks exactly like Matthew McConaughey in Lonestar.

Posted by Dan Daoust in "This One Goes Out To You, Big Guy" Thursday, November 13, 2008 10:09 AM

That's a good omen. I can feel it in my boner.

Posted by Dan Daoust in "Q & A" Tuesday, November 18, 2008 11:46 AM

Has anyone noticed that Paulson's left pinky finger is completely out of whack?

Oh, I'm watching the House Financial Services Committee hearing. Why isn't that being liveblogged? Good stuff here.

Posted by Dan Daoust in "Q & A" Tuesday, November 18, 2008 11:51 AM

Gary Ackerman: what district does this joker represent?

[Checks wiki...]

Shit.

Posted by Dan Daoust in "Nationwide Layoff Watch: Brown Rudnick Takes A Big Dig At Attorneys" Thursday, November 20, 2008 2:16 PM

Stop flooding the market with resumes!

Posted by Dan Daoust in "Citi Shareholder Endorses Vikram Pandit, Chuck Prince And FDIC Not So Much" Monday, November 24, 2008 1:31 PM

"We've spoken enough about Vikram Pandit. Let's talk about Ms. Bartiromo. She's a woman of money. She's a woman of honey," the Prince went on to say.

Posted by Dan Daoust in "Nationwide Layoff Watch: Proskauer Cuts 60 People" Thursday, December 4, 2008 2:44 PM

99, we all have too much time on our hands. 80 is doing something useful with it.

Posted by Dan Daoust in "Going Through the Dreier: An Update" Friday, December 5, 2008 10:13 AM

When all else fails, head to Money Mart.

Posted by Dan Daoust in "Breaking: Marc Dreier Indicted in S.D.N.Y." Monday, December 8, 2008 1:16 PM

4, 5 and 9, don't you have to masturbate before Torts class? Chop, chop.

Posted by Dan Daoust in "Associate Bonus Watch: Debevoise Announces Bonuses at 6:54 p.m. (Did they think nobody would notice?)" Tuesday, December 9, 2008 7:37 PM

"Professionalism is it's own reward." Indeed. It is it is own reward.

Posted by Dan Daoust in "Made-off Act I, Chapter IV: Tremont" Friday, December 12, 2008 11:14 AM

In which someone else, as far back as 2002, asks how Madoff's split-strike conversion strategy could be such a consistent winner:

http://www.wilmott.com/messageview.cfm?FTVAR_FORUMVIEWTMP=Branch&catid=3&threadid=59747&messid=364145&FTVAR_MSGDBTABLE=

Posted by Dan Daoust in "Nationwide Pay Raise Freeze Watch: Latham & Watkins" Tuesday, December 16, 2008 11:50 AM

Please, no one show this to the partners at my firm.