How appropriate

[dampscribbler]

As I sit sweating the budget for the rest of this year (trying to figure out how to hoard money now in case of layoff later -- guess what, we can't), the doorbell rings and bingo, here's my copy of Margaret Atwood's Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth. Aside from mentioning that I probably should have gotten this from the library, I'll just let the moment speak for itself.

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[hhw]

only relevant in the broadest conserve-save-reduce-reuse-recycle sense, I meant to tell you there's another plastics roundup out your way tomorrow (Oct 11):

http://www.masterrecycler.org/plastic-recycling.php

[dampscribbler.livejournal.com]

Hey, thanks! Not sure we have anything this time around, but I'll check the garage.

[lucyshoe.livejournal.com]

mMMMMMMMM! Massey Lectures! YOu'll have to let us know what you think - I wasn't even aware this was out. Will reserve at library like a good little girl.

[dampscribbler.livejournal.com]

I have a very bad habit of getting lots of things from the library and never reading any of them. And then returning them late and paying a fine. But when a book comes in the mail, I at least start reading it. Which I've done with "Payback." So far, I like it, although she's definitely more "social" scientist than "economic" scientist. More later -- I'll try to post a full review here in a week or so.

[wordsrmylife.livejournal.com]

Ah, the magic of perfect timing.

[dampscribbler.livejournal.com]

Irony is fun!