Maxed. Out.

I woke up this morning being stressed about money. I recently read an article about Times Square's National Debt Clock, which has been tallying up money owed by the U.S. government since 1989, is running out of spaces.

In September 2008, the digital dollar sign was eliminated to make way for an extra digit—the "1" in $10 trillion (the national debt is currently $10.2 trillion). Now, a new clock is in the works that will make room for a quadrillion dollars of debt. Anticipated completion is early 2009. So scary.

U.S. NATIONAL DEBT CLOCK

The Outstanding Public Debt as of 12 Oct 2008 at 06:58:40 PM GMT is:

The estimated population of the United States is 304,895,659
so each citizen's share of this debt is $33,703.26.

The National Debt has continued to increase an average of
$3.34 billion per day since September 28, 2007!

I don't know about you, but I don't have that kind of loot.

On a positive note, Blogger Penelope Trunk has posted a guide called, "How to get a six-figure book deal from your Blog."