It was the worst of times...

Things are the worst they've ever been. I'm out and about and checked the market (why?) on my iPhone. Down again. Still. Always.

I'm wondering - can it go into negative numbers? "The Dow hit -3,258 today on more negative news about the nonconomy."

I talked to the owner of a consulting company here in Salt Lake I'm teaming with and the news was all bad. "Companies are trying to reduce the numbers of contractors they have on staff," she told me.

Potential clients are cancelling projects, cancelling implementations and delaying upgrades - indefinitely. I get the feeling they'd cancel life itself if they could.

Sigh.