- May or may not buy happiness; the debate continues...
- Is a representation of energy and a promise to relinquish some of that energy
- Implement wielded by Madoff to cut swath of mass destruction
- Has no more power than you are willing to give it (but if you do give it power, it can reciprocate by driving a sane person mad; from panic to joy, hope, despair, and suicide)
- Is extremely busy; is multinational, multilingual, never goes on vacation, never sleeps
- Is the driver of a steep divorce rate
- May make you more popular, prettier and smarter-appearing
- Is neuter, thus innocent in and of itself
- Is neither religious, moral, immoral, right, wrong or evil
- Is not the measure of a woman
- Is rumored to be the root of all evil
- Is, truth be told—not the root of all evil
- Is verrrrry sexy (depending on the beholder)
- Compelled Mark Antony to marry Cleopatra
- Is what Judas got for selling out Jesus
- Had an ugly role in racial history as an object of exchange for humans
- Yet—is only a number in your head
- Can reveal true friends (when making itself scarce)
- Creates celebutantes and deranged governors
- Is, in capitalism, commonly used as a standard unit of measure of one's intrinsic worth
- Hides (but not so well), between the lines on many a list of "what I want in a prospective husband"
- Has been known to buy freedom and justice
- Is powerless to save you from a terminal illness, plummeting airliner or terrorist attack
- Drives my emotions more than I care to admit—so I won't
- Has no value of its own
February 9, 2009
25 Random Things About Money
Labels:
Madoff,
money,
pain,
perspective
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