This was a busy month

Whew! What a month October was.

Is it just me, or did it feel like it was three months long?

Things happened so quickly, and there was so much news -- at least in the economy -- that it seemed like I had to pack three times as much information into my head.

Here's why -- thanks to a review from the Associated Press:

* The Dow plunged 2,400 points in the first eight trading days of October. 

*Congress passed a $750-billion bailout package.

*The credit crisis squeezed Wall Street institutions big time, forcing banks not to lend money.

*Huge chunks of retirement savings were taken out of stocks.

* The world realized it was in a recession.

* The government took equity stakes in banks.

* Wall Street trading swung more wildly than it ever has.

* Polticians bickered, and we readied for an epic election after an equally epic campaign.

We'll see if November is any busier. Then again, as I say that, I'm glancing at a web site's split screen of the two presidential candidates. Forget it. Next month's going to busy.

All right. Bring it on, world. These are historic times.