Random thought of the day:
My biggest monthly expense, outstripping rent, food, and even beer… is federal tax. Maybe we should all look at the bright side of this financial mess. By losing our jobs we will also lose our biggest expense.
In that vein, something like 10% of famous quotes go like this:
“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.”
I was thinking about writing some software that would autogenerate these things.
We don’t X (for, because, to) Y, we Y (for, because, to) X.
Some completely nonsensical examples:
We don’t eat because we’re hungry, we’re hungry because we eat.
We don’t strive for greatness, greatness strives for us.
We shouldn’t exercise to get in shape, we should get in shape so that we might exercise more.
I think this is where Horatio Caine from CSI Miami gets his quotes:
“When you have everything, sometimes it feels like nothing”
Quick thought on Black Friday sales being ugly but better than expected. All of the people who decided to forgo car and truck purchases due to the recession are likely to spend some the money they saved on holiday shopping.
This looks like a shift from big ticket items (cars) to small ticket (gifts). Those looking for any sign of the bottom are quick to latch on to these stats. I’m not convinced that we’re through the woods yet in spite of economic deforestation / bailouts.
For next time. The graying of credentials. Degrees are losing their luster as employers learn to ask the right questions and interpret online reputation.
