I won’t pretend to know a lot about the semantics of the American economy (as was evidenced by my C in my grad level economics course), but anyone who’s paying attention can see that the banking industry isn’t doing so well lately. One of the largest banks in the world, CitiGroup, has been laying off thousands of employees a year for multiple years now after claiming billions of dollars worth of loss in the last quarter of 2007. This is just one example. Anyone remember the scene in Mary Poppins when the kids caused a run on the bank and everyone demanded their money back because they didn’t feel like their money was safe? I’m just about ready to go demand all my tuppence.
Archive for the “General Observations” CategoryI love animals of all kinds, but have never really wanted any for myself. I’m torn because I love that dogs are so loving and act as a little furry companion, but I also love that cats are nice and soft and quiet and don’t need constant attention. And also fish are cool because they can live in their own little castles rent free, though the place is barely bigger than they are and that’s gotta feel a little cramped. Like my old apartments. Talking to Kate last night, I realized that I wouldn’t mind having an animal if it would always remain tiny, like kittens or puppies, never growing into adult sizes. Not like a chihuahua though because let’s face it – those things are ugly. We agreed that with genetic engineering becoming more and more advanced, it’s probably only a matter of time before pets can be designed to never grow past a certain size. How cool would that be? Now let’s take it a step further…miniature wild animals. |
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