Ethel Bradley, who was the longest-reigning first lady of Los Angeles as the wife of the city's first black mayor, Tom Bradley, has died. She was 89.

Bradley, whose husband held office from 1973 to 1993, died Tuesday at Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Medical Center.

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Survivors include her daughters, Lorraine and Phyllis.

Services were pending.

Rest In Peace, Ethel.

Sometimes you just have to laugh.

When I post one of my in-depth articles at 101 Dead Armadillos, I keep forgetting to mention it over here.

The day job has me quite busy, so I don't have as much time as I would like to concentrate on posting.

In fact, I have really slowed down on posting actual content overall, but I hope to change that soon by finishing up the project I am working on and returning to regular working hours.

Last night, I wrote about Citigroup and the special bailout package put together just for them.

Last week, while the federal government continued tossing life jackets to other members of the financial community, Citigroup hit an iceberg. Everyone heard the unique crunching sound that is made when a ship smashes into ice. Then again, maybe it wasn’t ice crunching as much as the cash in our wallets shrinking in value as the feds printed more money to handle the ongoing crisis.

The words of the year, for 2008, are 'stimulus' and 'bailout'. The fashion trend is silk ties. Use them sparingly.