Who's got the Edge?

These days matters pertaining to the edge are aplenty. What with the Fiscal Cliff being numero uno on US news channels? I mean a cliff has an edge would you say? Then again there is the discussion of the EU on the 'brink' of collapse. Somewhere else we see institutions on the 'verge' of a cataclysmic failure (this can relate to variety of automobiles and their failing components to monetary morass amidst large scale governments and institutions). With all this 'on the edge' conversation its hard not to feel lightheaded. Hence I try to replenish myself with all manners of food and beverages every chance I get. Most recently having imbibed some very sweet and spicy Musact produced in the south of Australia, I uncorked a Mead Wine (I have had these before given my propensity for anything sweet). This one is made from honey as the sugar providing ingredient. This too met the expectations in these days of exp being largely missed. Wall Street has some as do our governments and what we end up getting is not quite up to the mark. In fact there are 'precipitous' departures from said expectations like in the example of the Apple shares taking a nose dive instead of soaring beyond all manners of hills and vales and even Cliffs. Who says they got it figured out? I say step away from the edge and whiff a dram or two and then proceed to hastily imbibe before that too slips away. No point in getting too edgy.