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Wednesday 1 October 2008
The American economy is in shambles, banks are closing, the housing market has crashed, gasoline shortages have strangled travel, and none of the Presidential candidates or their seconds appear appropriately qualified for the job. Making matters worse, actors are on the verge of the second crippling strike on entertainment in as many years, potentially destroying the one industry that traditionally performs well during economic recessions.
The good news? Newnan, Georgia is in the headlines: "Rough Economy Felt at Redneck Gourmet," reports CNN. When a place named Redneck Gourmet is suffering, you know times are tough.
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Tuesday 6 May 2008
I received my Congressionally-approved $300 of Economic Stimulus yesterday alongside my income tax refund.
I've given a lot of thought about how to spend it. I decided to donate the sum to a presidential candidate's campaign fund.
No, I'm kidding. That'd be throwing my money away. I'm spending it on lottery tickets.
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Tuesday 16 October 2007
Two years ago, my father decided that he wanted to start keeping bees. So he invested in a hive, a suit, and a starter swarm. This week, he finally collected his first honey, which he put into those familiar little bear-shaped squeeze bottles.
He gave me a bottle and let me sample it. The locally produced honey does indeed taste fantastic. Then he revealed that after dividing the cost of the enterprise by the number of bottles that he was able to produce, he figures that each bottle was worth about $85.
It doesn't taste that fantastic.
Maybe I'll be able to afford a bottle when costs come down. In about 5 years.
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Wednesday 14 March 2007
My mother was cleaning out some old scrapbooks today and I found this ad in an issue of an 1967 The Daily Tar Heel newspaper from North Carolina:
Adjusting for inflation, those shoes should cost me over $50 today. Yet I can buy Nike-produced Converse Chuck Taylor All-Star high-tops for under $40 in local department stores now. That's a pretty good deal, really. Thank you, underaged, third-world sweatshop workers!
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