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Buying Beans

Okay, okay… so salon.com does still have a few really good writers on staff. I’ve always especially enjoyed Heather Havrilesky. It’s well worth taking the time to read her entire article. Hey, I’m totally in tune with the whole thing of buying beans — and everything else that goes along with it.

Recession, economy, market | Salon Life
I feel certain that America’s heyday has come to a close, that the cocky overspending and luxurious indulgences and service-economy boom times are gone for good. When I read about hidden, complex, unregulated financial markets and peak oil and the rising cost of gas and food, it all dovetails perfectly for me with the news that “Dancing With the Stars” and “American Idol” are enormous hits, that Britney Spears is staging yet another comeback and that fighting rages on in Baghdad.