Validation

I have always thought of money as freedom. If you could stockpile your money instead of spending it, especially spending it on "things," then you had money to buy yourself freedom. Freedom to travel, to give money to friends and kin when needed, above all freedom from fear of penury.

Most of the younger generation thinks I am nuts and should spend a lot of money on high tech gadgets like a new HD TV or whatnot. "Things," in other words.

And then I wake up this morning to read this in a report extracted on Andrew Sullivan's site.

so I'm taking Carmen out to dinner.