It's all relative, baby.

We interrupt this ridiculously long blogging hiatus to comment on something I read on the NYT website today (and also to continue procrastination whilst trying to write this 15 page term paper).

Cholera Is Raging, Despite Denial by Mugabe
"Inflation officially hit 231 million percent in July, but John Robertson, an independent economist in Zimbabwe, estimates that it has now surged to an astounding eight quintillion percent — that is an eight followed by 18 zeros."

Jeez.
My suitemate and I were discussing how this, plus the genocide in Congo and other assorted violations of human rights in Africa, make the recession and upcoming depression seem rather trivial, which in turn makes having to complete writing X number of papers in Y number of days look like a vacation in *insert appropriate beachfront holiday destination of choice*.

Onwards with writing then, perspective firmly in mind.