"Nothin' from nothin' leaves nothin'" --Billy Preston

Navin R. Johnson: The new phone book's here! The new phone book's here!
Harry Hartounian: Boy, I wish I could get that excited about nothing.
Navin R. Johnson: Nothing? Are you kidding? Page 73 - Johnson, Navin R.! I'm somebody now! Millions of people look at this book everyday! This is the kind of spontaneous publicity - your name in print - that makes people. I'm in print! Things are going to start happening to me now.
[the Sniper points to Navin's name in the phone book]
Sniper: Johnson, Navin R... sounds like a typical bastard.


I got a raise. I'm not talking about the one in your pants. At work, I just got a raise.

Not to curse it or anything. (Are you superstitious like that? I am spitting like Franny Fine--*ptui* *ptui* *ptui*--to avoid drawing the evil eye upon me.)

Not a lot of money. Really not. But still a pleasant surprise.

Thank you, Universe!

I guess I'm all that. *snort* NOT!

Oh, I have moments of sheer brilliance at work. I do! Unfortunately, they are always wedged squarely between months of sheer idiocy.

Do you play this game? Every little increase means I go into calculation mode...

"I'm worth how much a year? What does that come to per hour? How much more is that per check?" And even though all the new numbers are remarkably close to the old numbers, I get a little jazzed. "$6.95/hour?! OMG! That's practically minimum wage! The gumballs are on me!"

Which brings me to the question du jour, which may seem like a no brainer to you but I've heard differing views on this: In your experience, who's more generous? Wealthy people or poor people?