After reading this post I'll spend next Saturday job shadowing / connecting with sales rep & potential colleagues - I was going to spend it at a REI seminar. 

I know that people put that in their lease (no dark colors, etc...).  

Don’t be their shadow, be your own light.

But it is barely even a shadow of its former self.As the NY Times, its biggest cheerleader, pointed out a couple days ago- it is starting to look like a city out of Blade Runner, an interesting article about the current dystopia like environment.Adrian Benepe, the former New York City Parks Commissioner and current head of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, sees “creeping Blade Runner syndrome” everywhere, from the clogged skies over Manhattan to the subways, which he rides to work every day from his home on the Upper West Side.

You're not a dummy, just being seduced by the dark side of buying depreciating luxuries! 

Pretty dark stuff but very entertaining!!

That was how I got myself through those dark days.

Money and no knowledge are like carrying a loaded shot gun in the woods in the dark.

I really don't know.I know there is a lot of questions above but feel free to share your thoughts because I really want to do the right thing for them in this dark time.

Eventually, 401Ks, pensions, and all stock investments are going lock up, and the liquidity trap that we all know is hiding in the shadows will be realized.