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My big, fat, unpaid credit card bill
When the statements piled up and the creditors started calling, I had to do the unthinkable -- confront my mounting debt.
By Sarah Hepola [2008-01-30]

  • Hard Times are Coming

    I write, but I also work full time. So the writing goes very slowly. That is the drawback. But any young person who thinks they can earn a living writing full-time , while living in NY, and having all the latest crap, is kidding themselves.

    And if you have kids - fuhgetaboutit.

    Things are only going to start getting worse. Both the economy and the environment are going to make people remember the virtues of good old-fashioned life. My mother grew up in the depression, and she never forgot it. After all, right now some of the biggest banks in the country are in trouble, and close to the edge.

    Drying clothes on lines. Walking or bicycling. Cooking. Reading instead of cable. Doing your own chores. Fixing things. All the shiny, 'new' tech stuff is going to look lamer and lamer. Trust me, even Starbucks is worried, which is why they now have a $1 cup, which is a $1 too much.

    Perhaps U.S. humanity will then get it's mojo back. For it has certainly lost it right now. Still living in wonderland, but the fog is clearing.

    -- ELYDOG
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    Thursday, January 31, 2008 08:55 AM
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