Over at a different web site, I’ve just read another usage of “a perfect storm,” and my teeth ground. Sebastian Junger’s book of the same name is a terrific book, a moving story carefully reported and well told. But the title has become a cliche. I hereby resolve never to use it at Fistful of Euros.

Likewise, the post below will be my last reference to the curious incident of the dog that did not bark in the night.

As far as I can remember, I have never written anything like “Americans are from Mars; Europeans are from Venus.” I pledge that I never will.

If you care to add to my (perhaps our) list of banned cliches, please do not hesitate to leave a comment.

Sorry to go public and all, but does anyone know if I am the fistful of euros guest blogger ? The deal was I guest blogged for 2 weeks, that is until March 1, and I got a reminder that I was expiring (I mean just as a guest blogger).

My name is still up over there.

Anyway, anyone interested in my discussion of fermions with people who studied quantum mechanics for over 1 year should go to rjwaldmann.blogspot.com
as the thread is a bit long.

Comments *are* enabled at blogspot.

I am Robert Waldmann and I am honored to be a fistfullofeuros guest blogger.
I have a blog “Robert’s Stochastic Thoughts” already on the blogroll and another one (which 200 people total have visited at http://fantapolitica.blogspot.com.

The high points of my blogging career are this, the time Atrios linked to me and the time that someone hinted that he was thinking of suing me.

I’m 44 years old born in Washington DC but live in Frascati which is South of Rome and next to Monte Porzio home town of Cato the censor.

Yes, we know comments and trackbacks are kaputt. Working on it.

Update: Comments are fine, trackbacks not so much. (It’s Verve that’s disabled them, after the big spam attack.)

Talk amongst yourselves, if you please.

The polls will close eight o’clock today.

Update: That is, 20.00 CET

Update: Slugger O’Toole and perfect.co.uk have the exact number of votes in the UK category I will extend the voting till 21:00 CET. An extra hour.

The polls for the Satin Pajamas will close tomorrow. Vote while you can.

We’re nominated for a Bloggie, but more importantly you can vote for us in the semi-finals of the Koufax awards, in the categories for Best Group Blog, Most deserving of Wider Recognition, and Best Series (for our Ukraine coverage). I will immodestly claim that we deserve to at the least be finalists in each of them.

But even more importantly you should check out all the great nominees, and especially the koufax categories for best post and best humorous posts. The Bloggies have some great ones too, and many of the best are Europeans, like La Coquette, Petite Anglaise and Francis Strand.

And of course all the Satin Pajama finalists are great. Ben Hammersley made the point that our humble little awards had a more impressive roster of blogs than the venerable Bloggies, and I hadn’t thought about it, but I think he’s right.