Well, I didn’t think I would be writing so soon again about the strength our economy. My last post argued the economy was showing signs of life and stupidity thanks to spending on Paul Blart, McDonald’s and a new Segway clone. And now it is just starting to get ridiculous:
1) Space Adventures, a privately-owned company who sends people into space was quoted this month saying that despite the economy, business was good and people should not expect price cuts. For a mere $35-45 million you could be next in line! Actually, no, Google co-founder Sergey Brin and some Hungarian computer scientist are next in line, but you could be third. Maybe Google should share some of their extra cash with some of us instead of sending someone to space (or at least split their f-ing stock). Although, Google Maps I am sure will become that much more awesome when Sergey returns. Oh, and for $10 million more you can be the 1st to pay to walk in space.
2) Boca Raton, FL family pays $155,000 to clone their dead dog. First of all, Mitch you missed a golden “Floridians are Crazy” opportunity. Second of all, creepy. Aren’t all dogs essentially clones anyway given the way they have been bred into ultra-specific types over the last couple hundred years? And don’t those only cost maybe $1,000-2,000 max (or free at the pound)? According to the BioTech cloners, the original dog was very sexually aggressive and they expect that to continue. Wow, ya, I can see why that is so special. It is REALLY hard to find a dog out there that will hump your leg. Don’t worry though, the Boca family is not crazy at all. They only have 9 other dogs, 10 cats, 6 sheep and 4 parrots in their house.
