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What if it's really Ender's Game?
Mar. 1st, 2009 04:07 amI don't pretend to understand the complexities of the financial mess the world is in, but if I just finished the 2009 version of Ender's Game, y'all will be glad to wake up to the news that the economy is saved and the world is rejoicing. At least, that's what the newspaper headlines on my monitor are telling me.
You, too, can play Trillion Dollar Bailout. But please don't mess things up now that I've set them right, okay?
On my own personal bailout front, I'm getting full value from the $2 fantasy I picked up today. Mega Millions is up to $212 million thanks to the fact that no one has hit the winning combination of numbers to take the jackpot since January 13th.
In those 7 weeks, over 9 million tickets have won amounts between $2 and $250,000...and millions upon millions upon hundreds of millions more haven't won anything at all. The overall odds of winning a prize are 1:40. Even the lowest, the $2 prize that several million tickets have won, have odds of 1:75.
So, yes, it's a fantasy. I've always known that. ( Dream on, little dreamer; dream on. )
You, too, can play Trillion Dollar Bailout. But please don't mess things up now that I've set them right, okay?
On my own personal bailout front, I'm getting full value from the $2 fantasy I picked up today. Mega Millions is up to $212 million thanks to the fact that no one has hit the winning combination of numbers to take the jackpot since January 13th.
In those 7 weeks, over 9 million tickets have won amounts between $2 and $250,000...and millions upon millions upon hundreds of millions more haven't won anything at all. The overall odds of winning a prize are 1:40. Even the lowest, the $2 prize that several million tickets have won, have odds of 1:75.
So, yes, it's a fantasy. I've always known that. ( Dream on, little dreamer; dream on. )
