Return of the Mack

I've been reading Paul Krugman's blog on the NY Times in some quixotic attempt to decipher the financial crisis that threatens to send us all into Dust Bowl world once again. Despite my occasional misgivings about Krugman right now couldn't be a better time for his blog. And best of all you get the occasional gem you wouldn't ever have stumbled upon yourself. Like the fact that the reigning champ of prison currency is mackerel. According to the Wall Street Times, mackerel has become the de facto economic standard for prisoners given that smokes are now prohibited. Given our nation's lopsided prisoner population, that's a lot of people getting a taste for a fish I learned to eat in Ireland with breakfast. That's right, for all you Brits and Irish folk, kippers be the badass way to trade in stir.