Blogging at Ten Cents a Minute, the $400 Yoyo, and related contemplations

This is Duncan's" Cold Fusion Yo-Yo, made of aircraft-grade aluminum and featuring a ball-bearing axle, is one of the longest spinning yo-yos in the world. Holder of previous World Records for spin time, the Cold Fusion is capable of spin times over 10 minutes! The Cold Fusion uses a special, high-speed ball bearing, and features Brake Pads for smooth, reliable response." It costs $100.

According to The Science News, a $400 yo-yo is on it's way to your local pocket. Well, perhaps not yours. And most definitely not mine. Though I admit that were my pocket just a little deeper - by a factor of let's say 100 - that yo-yo would be dangling from my finger even as I write.

All this disturbing contemplation about the need for money blends quite nicely into my related crisis, now that I'm not going to have a computer for a week more, at least: having to pay ten cents a minute to write this weblog. It kind of repositions the entire experience. Now that it's so clear how much I have to pay for this opportunity to bring a bit more fun to your world, I find myself wondering just how much it's worth to me, and, for that matter, to you.

Seeing how depressing this is getting, I decide that it is clearly not a productive contemplation.

Maybe I'll use a friend's computer next time.