June 1, 2009 @ 1:01 pm
Wow, I would love to put a huge single digit on my messenger. You know, so that I’ll look like a stock car on the road even though I’m only on two wheels. Haha. But seriously, this batch of custom stock from REload is pretty neat.
Thanks Prolly for the pic!
October 8, 2008 @ 7:34 pm
Every once in a while as I’m biking around the Midtown area, I get a chance to pass by the National Debt Clock. I’m always mesmerized by its ever-rising numbers because a part of me cannot believe that the debt rises that many numbers in a matter of seconds.
Recently, the sign which sits at 1133 Avenue of the Americas (Google Maps shows an old image of the debt at only about $8 trillion), has risen past the $10 trillion mark and thus has run out of numerical spaces to show the national debt. The Durst Organization, the owners of the building and the sign, intends to erect a new sign with two extra numerical digits sometime next year. But for now, the dollar sign has been replaced with a non-digital one so that the number “1″ can take the place of it.
So why is the national debt rising so quickly? Well, because $100 billion was used to bail out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and another $700 billion was used to bail out failing banks.
That’s all very scary when you think about it, but consider this: The national debt rises an average of $3.24 billion PER DAY. I can’t even wrap my head around how much money that is.
