WSJ Wins Statues!
Kudos to all the nominees and winners at last night’s Loeb awards for business journalism. Here’s the full list of nominees and winners. Here’s Romenesko. Go, Team Flash Crash!
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A WSJ Office Memo About Me (And I Didn't Do Anything Wrong!) 
Further evidence that any writing about you is largely irrelevant as long as your dot drawing accompanies it.
An Alphabet Soup That Can Sting
Jason Zweig and I take a deep dive into the world of credentials in the financial planning industry. What we found was pretty crazy….
How Many Trips to the Gym Does it Take to Work Off the Vendys?
A dispatch from the awards ceremony for New York’s finest street food vendors.
Jason Andrew made a slideshow to taunt us all at lunchtime’s cusp.
BYO Blimp
On A1, Peter A. McKay and I report on Don Hartsell and his proposed World Sky Race.
I love reporting stories like these. Because now I know all sorts of things about blimps, airships and zeppelins (they’re not all the same thing!) that I never would have otherwise.
Don’t miss the video!
I stopped by MSNBC to talk about the value of a college degree, student loans and other higher-ed related issues.
Breaking Up Without Breaking the Bank
Even for couples with fewer assets than, say, Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren, that is a good recipe for frustration and anger. One St. Louis family lawyer, Marta Papa, has seen such a rise in client hostility that she purchased a Taser, which she places on a nearby end table when couples come in.
In this Weekend Investor’s cover story, I take on divorcing in a downturn (a natural chaser) and you can read all about it here!
And OMG more bloggage!
With Student Loans, Prepare for the Unthinkable
Bloggage today on my Saturday story about a family that is still paying of their late son’s private student loans, years after he passed away.
When Student Loans Live On After Death
In July 2006, 25-year-old Christopher Bryski died. His private student loans didn’t. Mr. Bryski’s family in Marlton, N.J., continues to make monthly payments on his loans—the result of a potentially costly loophole in the rules governing student lending. I’ve written about the consequences of student loan debt many times in the past. Most recently, a doctor who found herself $550,000 in student-loan debt, recessionary increases in borrowing, questioning higher tuitions. Click here to read more about the Bryskis and private student loans. This story, like many, was sparked by reader/commenter email. Keep it coming. 
What happens if you roam downtown to try and hug bankers? An interview with Rob Lathan tells us the story behind his enterprising video.
"There will never be another s— deal at Goldman Sachs Group Inc."
Goldman tells employees that there will be no more pottymouthing in emails. Aw, @*$?# (or whatever that thing they do in comic books looks like).
Before she was a potential nominee to run the new Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, she once wore a lesser-known hat: blogger.
Stuffed horses. JFK Bumper Stickers. Estate Tax.
Mr. Rogers and his siblings kept the palomino, mounted and preserved, in the family museum in Branson, Mo., before its doors closed last year. The horse sold for $266,500 at Christie’s in New York, one of 300-odd items, including cowboy boots, belt buckles and guitars, bequeathed to the Rogers family after their father’s death. “I grew up with a lot of these things,” says Mr. Rogers, who goes by the nickname “Dusty.” “My dad told us years ago, when you get to the point where it costs a lot of money, when it becomes demanding to keep things, it’s OK to let them go. It’s been a very difficult decision.”
This month, Roy Rogers Jr. parted with Trigger, the horse made famous by his singing cowboy father.
