Discussing with a friend the ideal path to independent wealth, we naturally hit upon the idea of self-employment*.

Perusing our own and each other's marketable skills (underline 'marketable' here, as we each have several *skills* ... just none that are obvious money-makers), we realised that, indeed, we had little to recommend us to this course of action -- or to clients or, even, to each other.

What, after all, could we actually *do* to make money?

It appeared: very little.

My friend commented, "So. We need a business idea that anyone can do. That no one has done."

...

What? Could happen.


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* We never really believed self-employment was likely to bring us wealth. Not any more than our current strategy, anyhow**.
** Our current strategy is the regular procurement of lotto tickets.

Via lifehacker comes the suggestion to use vodka to painlessly remove band-aids. No, not in the way you think, but by soaking the bandaid *in* the vodka.

Apparently the solvent dissolves the adhesive.

Or, just do the old-fashioned thing and drink it. Then WHO CARES about bandaids!

*hums* 'Feelin' no painnnnnnn'.

Also excellent is the news that the Vatican, that bastion of moral rectitude, has released an update for the Seven Deadly Sins. Known as the Five Random Sins of Minimal To No Consequence (Including Three Re-Statements of the Same Sin*), the Vatican manages to name 'excessive wealth' as a sin. Having clearly never visited its own museum.

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* Since 'Contributing to a widening divide between rich and poor', 'Excessive wealth' AND 'Creating poverty' is surely the same thing.