lagilman | various and sundry are contemplating a barter system economy

"When you see this, quote a favorite line from Buffy the Vampire Slayer in your journal."
Oh, all right. "Do you want me to answer that, or shall I just glare?"
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The glamorous life of a writer today: Writing. Waiting. Writing some more, plus some back-editing. Waiting some more on some other things. Waiting on something else. Not checking the phone to see if anyone's called on anything I'm waiting on. Not looking at the financial news, since right now it's all in play and I'll hear from here if anyone drops a pass. More back-editing and a little more research. Remember to feed the cats and do the laundry somewhere in there. Do not feed the laundry and wash the cats. Results never optimal.

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snarking the economy:

[Guilty Party]: [redacted] should be fine - among the mutual funds, I don't think they had a major Lehman's component
evilmeer: no, but they were a decent chunk in the financial sector, which gives me chills.
evilmeer: they also have a lot of government paper, so if they fail, we're all down to the barter system anyway
[Guilty Party]: I'll have to move to CT and start trapping fur
evilmeer: I think the old ladies wearing 'em might object...
[Guilty Party]: they've lived long lives already...
evilmeer: the only problem will be getting the stink of stale Chanel #5 out of the fur.
[Guilty Party]: hmmmm. true.
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meanwhile, some more of the Burgundy trip photos have been posted. I'm not sure how exciting they might be to people not me, but....
(more should be up in the next week)