Close to 70 degrees this afternoon, bright sunshine, daffodils popping all over the park. Big white ones with orange centers, little yellow ones with yellow centers, big yellow ones with yellow centers, little yellow ones with orange centers... Sun's shining through them all, and they're glowing. Next to me on the bench, two people having an animated discussion about high-yield short-term Treasury notes. Of course people have a right to debate high-yield short-term Treasury notes wherever they want to, but it seems like a waste of good daffodils to me.