Dave: Another friend of mine showed me Despair.com stuff about five years ago and I remember laughing my ass off at their website. Truly good stuff and in a really subversive kind of way. One thing that this country has lost (other than political parody and true satire) is it’s sense of humor.

As far as your hedge fund story goes: I’m German on both sides of my family and our traditional Christmas toast (with fiery peppermint schnapps) is: “Death to your enemies”. No shit. Screw your enemies, especially if they’re French.