Sunday night personal

Had dinner over at E.'s place of business. He'd wanted me to read his new lease and take a look at something else having to do with his payment arrrangement. Had juicy sirloin tips, grilled asparagus, and French fries.

Bernie Madoff's wife, Ruth [click to enlarge photo.]

Very interesting "60 Minutes" - interviews with Ponzi-schemer Bernard Madoff's wife and (surviving) son (following the other one's suicide over the whole mess).

The Madoffs used to live in a penthouse in the building above, at 133 E. 64th Street in Manhattan. She now lives in a three-room apartment somewhere in Florida, and when asked by Morley Safer whether she misses the penthouse, she said "not really."

See "60 Minutes" story here.

(The Madoff situation is a tragedy and has nothing to do with the hijinks going on on Wall Street that destroyed our economy.)

[9:10] "Desperate Housewives" is on now. Just heard a very alarming weather alert about a storm with 70 mph winds and tornados. It's down in the southwest metro area and heading west-northwest (i.e., not this way). (That was a relief.) As for "Desperate Housewives," all I can say is "ugh."

"Pan Am" was interesting tonight, however. Getting into it.