What if US currency looked like this?

March 26, 2009 @ 8:39 pm

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Woody Tasch has a new book out from Chelsea Green Publishing called Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money: Investing as if Food, Farms, and Fertility Mattered and the cover art shows a modified form of US currency that I think looks gorgeous!

The currency shown here is a representation of what the US might be like if the environment, local communities, and natural goods were considered as important as financial capital. [via]

But wow, I’d be so much happier if every time I opened my wallet I was greeted by money that looked as good as this!

Dog poops out money

March 21, 2009 @ 4:14 pm

Cute stories like this always put news writers on pun-overdrive. Har har har.

If money was replaced by love and kindness

February 26, 2009 @ 2:16 am

Most of us use some sort of currency everyday, so what if we suddenly couldn’t get by with our money? What would it be like to simply hug it out, or pay it with a kiss, or simply just be kind to somebody for their goods and/or services? Well, Absolut gives us a glimpse of what that world might be like if there was no money and if everyone was just a bit happier and nicer to each other.

Thanks Vanae!

New US Penny goes into circulation today

February 12, 2009 @ 4:05 pm

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The United States Mint unveiled the first of four new Pennies to go into circulation today which features a depiction of a log cabin in tribute to the early roots of Abraham Lincoln in Kentucky. The announcement comes on the 200th anniversary of Lincoln’s birthday.

The front face of the Penny will remain as it has been since 1909, featuring the profile of Lincoln’s upper body.

The other 3 remaining back designs are to be rolled out soon. Those designs feature Lincoln sitting on a log reading a book and educating himself, a depiction of him standing in front of the State Capitol of Illinois, and the last one shows the half-finished Capitol dome. So if you start seeing “weird” Pennies, just know that they’re legal tender.

$100,000 just to show up at a club

June 17, 2008 @ 5:29 pm

WTF. These people get paid a minimum of $100,000 just to make an appearance at a club?!

Is this true? If so, where is this fountain of cash in California? I need to move there.
But first, I need somebody to pay me to show up at some party…

Money Soap: wash your hands with cash

January 22, 2008 @ 7:14 am

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Washing your hands is boring. You go to the bathroom/toilet/washroom, wet your hands a bit, lather your hands with soap, and then rinse them off. BORING, I say, but it must be done.

And if it must be done, then why not do it with some flair? With Money Soap, you can make hand-washing a fun time! In this “delightfully scented” bar of soap, there is a surprise cash center guaranteed to be a real $1, $5, $10, $20, or $50 US note! HOW AWESOME!!

Buy one for yourself, for your kids, or for a friend for $9.98 (cheaper, if you order 2!). Thanks for sending this over, Flo.