Money

When I came back from the States after Christmas, I stopped at the money exchange kiosk in Chicago and exchanged most of my Christmas dollars for euros. Whether it is because of the writer's strike, global warming or our economy, I left a bit short-handed. Especially because the bright lady working the kiosk couldn't tell the difference between a franc and a euro. I paid $1.47 for a relic of pre-EU France. Yes! I have another coin to add to my growing collection of useless U.S. quarters and dimes.

Well, maybe not entirely useless. My new fire hazard/incense burner: