Since the (economic) crash. My new blog

I just registered http://AfterTheCrash.com  and will link it here.  "Crash" refers to the late 2008 stock market crisis.  Beyond the stock market crash savings went from negative one percent to plus six percent.  National unemployment is near 9% and the GDP is down over 6%.

I came out of it fairly well.  I retired with a secure pension a year before the crash with my mortgage paid off and no debt.  All of my investments were in very safe fixed incomes.  The principles are safe, interest income is down a bit but that is minor.  The house value is down five to ten percent but it's paid for and I need a place to live.  Overall my neighborhood is stable and established with a low trunover.  I'm not sure if this give me "perspective" but I think it does.

I tend to watch movies second run at my neighborhood theater with $3/$2 ticket prices http://www.riverviewtheater.com/

I also rent DVD's for $1 from http://redbox.com and have a basic under $10 online movie rental to cover the rest.  Movies released on DVD are "interesting" because of the time lag involved.   A lot of the movies on DVD come accross as "So pre-crash"!    I tend to label them "yuppie movies" because of the way they flount spending and conspicious consumption.   

I have a very stable income but I am conciously cutting back.  Basically, a lot of people I know are running out of money and willing to do "honest work" to earn it.  It's like the depression movies where the drifter asks the homeowner if there is any work they can do to earn a few dollars.  Typically the homeowner doesn't have spare money.  Same deal but instead people I know already.  With me in http://searshouse.com for 23 years my hovel definitely need some "TLC".  

Anyway, this will be a place for my "rants" about the "changes " "Since the crash".