I made “sweet taste of success” cookies last night in anticipation of a victory party, and boy were they (and the victory) good.
After playing Fairey*, I headed to Six for the Al Jazeera broadcast and a date night with the dream team. Spirits were high and despite warning signs, there wasn’t a terrorist-obsessed redneck in sight. Instead just a crowd full of happy, positive people ready to kick the past miserable eight years to the curb.
* no one really seemed to get my fairey joke. oh well. i thought it was cute/funny
I can’t wait for this day to be over.
All this nervous waiting is too stressful.
I hope tonight is filled with celebration and revelry.
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar’s value is dropping so fast against the euro that small currency outlets in Amsterdam are turning away tourists seeking to sell their dollars for local money while on vacation in the Netherlands.
“Our dollar is worth maybe zero over here,” said Mary Kelly, an American tourist from Indianapolis, Indiana, in front of the Anne Frank house. “It’s hard to find a place to exchange. We have to go downtown, to the central station or post office.”
That’s because the smaller currency exchanges — despite buy/sell spreads that make it easier for them to make money by exchanging small amounts of currency — don’t want to be caught holding dollars that could be worth less by the time they can sell them.
The dollar hovered near record lows on Monday, with one euro worth around $1.58 versus $1.47 a month ago.
(Reporting by Svebor Kranjc, writing by Reed Stevenson)
I just bought two cds from France last week and it cost $50. For two cds. I haven’t even purchased any of the Björk singles from Volta because of the ridiculous exchange rate. And you know that’s bad….
I just checked on the status of our crumbling economy, and guess what… the US Dollar is worth 98 Canadian Cents. Fuck.
The dust jacket of our 2004 copy of Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (first current book grabbed off the shelf) lists its price as $24.95 US and $34.95 CAD. Today it would read $24.95 US and $24.70 CAD.
My favorite quote:
David Volrath, executive director of secondary education for Harford County Public Schools, says the school also hopes to offer “Arabic or some other nontraditional, Third World-type language.”
Fucking George Bush. We hates him.
I wonder if Pimsleur makes a “Third World-type language” collection…
The Canadian Dollar equaled the American Dollar today, for the first time in over 30 years. Nothing against Canada, but that really sucks. Our money is so worthless right now. The GBP is up to $2.02 and the Euro is $1.40. I can’t afford to travel in this bullshit economy.
If god had meant for them faggots to get married, he would’ve made them different.
Jules overheard someone at his work say this today when talking about Virginia’s proposed constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage and civil unions.
