Completely random order COTC

"I had planned to give ratings based on one, two, three, or four... But because the feelings of a few bloggers were hurt the last time I rated posts in a Carnival, and because the zen guru master of the Carnival specifically asked me not to rate the posts, I hereby present every post submitted to the Carnival, in completely random order (no, seriously, it's completely random, but fortunately they are almost all very good or better):" - Carnival of the Capitalists, hosted this week by willisms.com