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My Gucci Addiction by Buzz Bissinger
“In the past few years, I’ve bought eighty-one leather jackets. Dozens of boots and leather gloves. I’ve purchased pants that cost $5,000. I own a $22,000 coat. This winter I took a tour of Milan’s Fashion Week (all expenses paid by Gucci, in appreciation of my many, many purchases), where I spent tens of thousands more and began to seriously grapple, once and for all, with a compulsion that could cost me more than just my life savings. My name is Buzz Bissinger. I am 58 years old, the best-selling author of ‘Friday Night Lights,’ father of three, husband. And I am a shopaholic”
Paper Airplanes
Gotta love conspiracy theories
“Five dollar bill shows the twin towers, Ten dollar bill shows after the planes collided, Twenty dollar bill shows the building collapsing, Fifty dollar bill shows the dust and the smoke, One Hundred dollar bill shows a new beginning…The monies are all shaped like Airplanes…”
Lunchtime Laughter
HOW TO TELL IF YOU’RE POOR, AND HOW TO GET RICH
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Meet the world’s top NBA gambler by Scott Eden
Betting On The Next Pope
3 to 1 odds currently on Cardinal Peter Turkson. No clue if anyone is taking long bets on the Petrus Romanus angle.
via, time
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As Art Values Rise, So Do Concerns About Market’s Oversight by By Robin Pogrebin and Kevin Flynn
“The art world feels like the private equity market of the ’80s and the hedge funds of the ’90s, it’s got practically no oversight or regulation.”
image: Morons by Banksy
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Of Diamonds and Sharks: The Trials of Art Superdealer Larry Gagosian By Eric Konigsberg
“I don’t know what ‘loyal’ means” — Larry Gagosian
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Can Money Buy Happiness?
Scientifically, yes.
via, thd
Young Americans and The Economy
While that does sound like the name of a band, this is actually just a video of young adults talking about bleak financial situations across the US.
