Until I Get Back On Track...

The last month or two have constitutued possibly the most harrowing work experience of my life. Hence the lack of blog.

But I know people stop dropping through if you leave the same post up forever, so I'm taking a few moments to say hi, and point you to the best idea for a website I've seen in a while.

You've all undoubtedly heard of the Great Wall Street Bailout. Some bright guy noticed that many normal Americans have loads of crappy assets that seem to have lost their value. The website, titled Buy MY Shitpile, Henry!, (but doing business at www.BuyMyShitpile.com --apparently they don't really care if the Sectretary of Treasury buys it in person) explains itself thus:

What Happens on Main Street Affects Wall Street

With our economy in crisis, the US Government is scrambling to rescue our banks by purchasing their "distressed assets", i.e., assets that no one else wants to buy from them. We figured that instead of protesting this plan, we'd give regular Americans the same opportunity to sell their bad assets to the government. We need your help and you need the Government's help!

Use the form below to submit bad assets you'd like the government to take off your hands. And remember, when estimating the value of your 1997 limited edition Hanson single CD "MMMbop", it's not what you can sell these items for that matters, it's what you think they are worth. The fact that you think they are worth more than anyone will buy them for is what makes them bad assets.