Last month (August) I spent a whopping total of $78 on books. One of which was for a college course. I purchased 13 books, so that’s an average of $6 per book. If I take out the $24 book I bought for a college course, it averages to $4.50 per book. It takes me on average of 3 to 4 hours to complete a book, therefore I am providing myself with 48 hours of awesome entertainment for $1.12 per hour.  (I removed the cost and entertainment hours that my college book for $24 would be because that’s not entertainment, that’s education). $1.12 per hour for my entertainment budget for the month.Â
That’s less than some people’s booze allowance and when I spend time with my family, I do so always sober so I’m completely present. When I have conversations with people I’m doing so with all of my brain cells and I’m not slurring my words, and because I read all of those books I can communicate intellectually.
Geesh…I better quit my one less than stellar spending habit because clearly the rewards aren’t worth it….right? Someone pass me a beer, I want to become a mindless twit who get’s angry over differing opinions and can someone help me eat $700 worth of groceries this month..because I don’t know how in the hell we could do that without a lot of help.
Sometimes I wish people had to walk around for just one damn day with their FICO score on their foreheads so as a society we might consider our poor choices.
p.s. don’t buy books…they kill trees and are a stupid investment to some.
p.s.s. some of my book purchases for the month (ie the ones not for college) were e-books for my Sony Ebook reader. I love trees.
Well I might be a mindless twit who eats $700 of groceries every month, but I’m a twit with a FICO score of 812!
If in fact that is true I retract my desire for FICO scores on foreheads, you’re proof it wouldn’t detect idiots.