April 22, 2010: New Benjamin
 

Next February, the U.S. treasury will issue a new style $100 bill.
The reason for this 3 years overdue, high tech bill, is to thwart counterfeiters, like North Korea.

http://cellar.org/2010/benny.jpg

There's 6.5 billion $100 bills currently in circulation and 66% are out of the country.
Fortunately the old bills are still good, so I won't have to lug all those cardboard boxes in the attic to the bank.

http://cellar.org/2010/us100-1.jpg
http://cellar.org/2010/us100-2.jpg

link

Finally a colorful US bill. Other nations will stop laughing at our money.

This is almost too many colors, but the tasteful gradient and traditional fonts stop it from looking like play money at all. And the big Chinese pisspot, in bold orange, reminds you who owns the note.

I found that shockingly clever.

UT, we will still laugh at your money, but now it will be for different reasons.

ben looks better with each re-issue.

Too bad it will be colored with crayons next. Why does our money need to match a pimp's outfit?

Ben Jammin
Ben Jammin
I hope you like Ben Jammin too

I'd like to examine one. I don't usually come across them, so I guess a trip to the bank when they come out might be in order.

Wow! I bet you could buy Boardwalk AND Park Place with one of those!

I bet you could buy almost anything you want with enough of 'em.

No. Freaking. Way.

In college we used to call our buddy Ben: Ben Jamin. Everyone called him that. Then, my friends and I who loved Bob Marley would sing this when he came around.

That, and the Damn Chim song. (Dammit, Chim.) And Da Movement of Ja Peepholes.


And for Fly Like an Eagle by Steve MIller, it was "How's the people, living in the street?" Huh? How they doin'?

now I just have to hear that song! luckily, I have my iPod with my entire music library in my purse. But wait! . . . that song isn't on there! This was back when I initially loaded only my fave songs. So I'll have to dig up my CD and reload it again.

also . . . the picture of the cover of the album on my cover flow . . . has everyone with short hair. Strange!

We used to sing "Pajamas" and "Sitting on a donut hole"

what is that orange thing, really?

I think it's where the tea partiers keep their bags.