Life Insurance

Yesterday, the wife turns to me and says we need more life insurance. This scared me. I’ve no worries when it comes to my own death (we all die, so what’s the big deal?), but I’m afraid of yet another bill. Ugh. Money sucks. Death, not so much. But living with financial woes, now that, that really sucks.

Home Depot

I had a little devil on my shoulder last week, and I was able to ignore it. And now I am regretting that.

I received a phone call early one morning from one of the two local Home Depot stores. They apparently found my Bank of America Visa card in their parking lot, and were holding it at the customer service desk. Unfortunately, I do not have a Bank of America Visa Card, and I have not been to that particular Home Depot location in 6 months or more.

You see, there is another person in my town with the same name as me. For years I have received his phone calls and occasionally even his mail. I feel like I have been able to follow his life through the dozen wrong number phone call I receive each year. My doppelganger is a few years younger then me. I “seen” him go to college. I’ve seen him have problems paying his rent on time. I have seen him land a job, and seen his friends get married. I even received an invite to a wedding once. I almost went too! That would have been AWESOME! But I didn’t go. Still regret not going.

Anyway, i have never met this guy, never talked to him, and don’t really want to. The not knowing is kinda cool. I wonder if he’s bought a house recently, and thus the trip to Home Depot.

So, like I said, I resisted the urge of going to Home Depot and picking up his card. I could have easily done so, and then strolled down the road to the local Best Buy and picked up a new TV. (I lust for a big arse HD-TV set, but this new ‘puter was about all I can afford for this year. Or next. Or the year after.) But, I was a good boy and didn’t do it. I know I would have been caught and sent to jail and all that crap… but still… part of me wished I tried. Is that bad?

Tired, and worried

I have been too tired to write today, and yet, all day, I have had the urge to post.  Sadly, I’ve had nothing worth saying.  But then, that’s nothing new!

So, in my haze of sleep deprivation, I came up with this…

Two stories about the economy.  Scary stories!  First, an abbreviated version of a Dutch documentary about the inevitable collapse of the dollar, something I fear, and believe, will happen in my lifetime.

And apparently, I’m not the only one worried about it.  The Taipei Times reported a USA Today poll that stated…

Not since September 1992, two months before former president George Bush lost his re-election bid, have so many Americans said the economy was in such bad shape, USA Today reported.

Seventy-six percent of those polled said the economy is in recession, compared to 22 percent who said it is not, USA Today said. Asked if the US could slip into a depression lasting several years, 59 percent said it was likely and 79 percent said they were worried about it, the paper said.

So, it’s not a post full of happy post, but it’s a big subject that has been on my mind a lot.  Maybe because my own financial situation is so crappy, and this is reflected on the national level.  Or maybe my problems reflect the national situation.  Anyway, sadly, I don’t think the next administration will be able to turn things around, no matter who is elected.  It’s just too much, and it seems too late.  Ugh.  But enough stressing, I’m going to go get some sleep now.  Maybe I wont be so depressing tomorrow.  Wish me luck!