Elizabeth says she has a wide nose and was considering a rhinoplasty but after consulting with a plastic surgeon she changed her mind. Read her story here.

Sarah Palin halloween costumes are expected to be very popular this year. Jessica Chisum shows us how we can create our own Sarah Palin look-a-like look.

The updo is a must. (She recommends buying a cheap wig). The rimless glasses are also a must. Chisum says the key to the makeup is lots of bronzer. You need to wear an orangy-tan base, heavy on the bronzer, lots of dark brown eyeliner (but only on the bottom of the eyes) and glossy mauve lipstick.

And don't forget the attractive but serious power suit.

See her instructions for a Sarah Palin Halloween costume here.

If you don't want to buy a wig, see how to do the Sarah updo here.

Rich & Skinny Jeans has started a video campaign "Lifestyles of the Rich and Skinny" to entice new customers.

Rich & Skinny Jeans were first launched two years ago. The founders thought jeans needed to be available in more colors and hence they offer their jeans in about 15 different bold colors. The jean pockets and waistlines are lined with silk. And some celebrities apparently do wear them.

The video below is a short teaser of their "Lifestyles of the Rich and Skinny" but you can get a better idea of the drama, sex and money lust involved at their website.

Erin Callan was the CFO at Lehman Brothers until June. She got out just in time and five weeks later jumped to Credit Suisse as the head of their global hedge fund business. (Now is a hedge fund not the truest safety, or what?)

Callan is considered the most powerful woman on Wall Street. See an interview with her at CNN.

Nouriel Roubini (photos then and now, age 49) is an economist who has been warning about the financial crisis since 2006, when he spoke out about the dangers of the housing and credit bubble at the IMF but no one listened. (See the New York Times story.)

Roubini thinks the current bailout proposal would just be a gift to the people who caused this mess in the first place - it would be giving taxpayer money to the shareholders and unsecured debt holders of the financial sector. This would be a mega redistribution from the poor to the rich, but more crucially it would merely be a temporary fix in a leaking boat and would not save any of us from a severe depression.

He agrees huge government action is necessary, but he insists there is a much better way.

There are not many economists out there who can intelligently speak out about this. Most economists today are of the 'please let the market rule unregulated' camp. They are very simple 'Friedmanites'.

Although Roubini got his Phd at Harvard, and became an associate professor at Yale, he would never have received full professorship at an ivy league school as his views were incompatible with their bevy of ruling mathematical modelists.

Now he is one of the few people equipped to advise Congress. We'll be hearing a lot more about him. His is a rising star, and will probably become a celebrity of sorts. He may represent the new economic thinking of the 21st century. Hopefully, he'll take his new position very seriously and won't go on and on maniacally for his own celebrity benefit by spouting off doomsday scary stuff - without also supplying the specific required and detailed solutions - on his blog.

Listen to him talk today (September 30, 2008) at a Bloomsberg podcast hosted by Tom Keene: Roubini Sees `Silent' Run on Banks, Urges `Triage'

For an easier discussion to understand, see also: how lobbyists and democracy are incompatible.