Bizarro Universe post
September 18, 2009Jon Brooks Comments Off
Okay, it’s Friday, and it’s been a long, hard week of slogging through heinous health care industry practices and the reform positions of everyone in the world except for maybe Heidi Klum and Carrot Top.
Let’s just say, for the time it takes to read one meager post, that we’re still living in 1999, not 2009. Unemployment’s below 4%, the Nasdaq’s nearing 5,000, and you’re about to buy a house that’s going to double in value over the next eight years. You’re thinking about spending some stock option money on a trip to New York, because you’ve always wanted to take in the triumphant beating heart of capitalism from the eagle-eye view you’ve earned. Your only fear: Will Y2K put the VCR on the fritz just as you’ve sat down to watch “Ally McBeal”?
In such a time, Economy’sNeat.org might have offered a post about the site Things I’ve Bought That I Love, sub-titled “A place to discuss things we’ve bought that are frivolous and fun.” Things like Christian Louboutin pumps, a solar iPod, and the MargaritaMan margarita machine.
So enjoy the conspicuous consumption of yesteryear. On Monday, it’s back to foreclosures, layoffs, and health plan CBO forecasts…
