How I Spent My Stimulus

by Emily Rems

Personally, I filed my taxes the ye olde paper way, so I won’t be getting my economic stimulus check for quite some time. But for all you lucky ducks who got your dough direct-deposited and wanna compare and contrast how you shot your financial wad, there’s the oddly compelling new website HowISpentMyStimulus.com. There, you can find inspirash tales of generosity, like the one from Sylvia (above), who gave $500 to a co-worker in need, and plain ole’ tech porn, as people crow over their new LCD TVs.

Not to steal the site’s thunder or anything, but anybody out there get their $$$ yet? What did ya buy? Even though I haven’t gotten mine yet, I can lay out my extravagant plans for the money in one simple word: rent. 

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