OK, we've had our chance to be steamed about the $165m AIG bonuses.  Those guys are creeps.  But NOW IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON!  $165m is barely chump change compared to the 100s of billions . . . maybe trillions . . . we are pouring into these banking sinkholes.  It's complicated stuff, but the very banks and bankers who made the ridiculous "deals" that created this mess, and who bought A.I.G.'s stupid "insurance" are now getting paid back in full for losses suffered due to the mortgage debacle they created!  While 'normal" Americans see their home values plummet, lose their jobs right and left.  Congress is obsessing over A.I.G. bonuses (nothing compared to the egregious Merrill Lynch ones) while we get taken to the cleaners for billions and billions.  (If this is not enough commentary for you, check out this NYT article:   The Problem With Flogging A.I.G.)

Meanwhile, I have been dazzled afresh by Mozart's K. 464 A major string quartet.  Been a while since I took it in.  A masterpiece; this isn't news.  This time around, I was particularly struck by the majestic, spacious third movement and the sticky, deeply interwoven fourth.  Transports one.