Nickleodeon

If I haven’t posted on here for a while, it’s because I’ve been busy having a second childhood, playing on the Nickleodeon website, nick.com. Yes, few of my friends understand the thrill. I am collecting Avatar e-cards, and my good friend L kept saying, “But can you sell them for money?” and I would respond, “No.” “But you sell them.” “Yes, for Nick Points.” “And what do you do with Nick Points?” “Buy more trading cards.” But really, even money itself is just paper — its worth is in our heads. We haven’t held to the Gold Standard since the “Roosevelt Recession” in 1937, when Roosevelt said that we couldn’t return to the gold standard until we balanced the budget. Sounds a bit laughable, 68 years later and some trillions in debt, doesn’t it? But getting back to Nick Points, there is inflation, foolish bidding, and all the other problems that comes with assigning worth to something, except that in the end, I get cool electronic cards that take up no space in my storage, and I never lose a dime. Might be hard to understand for some, but it’s perfect for the kid in me.