Wednesday, March 15, 2006

Buy Insurance

Do not walk through this life without insurance.

Insure your life, your health, your car, your house. Insure yourself against short term disability. Hell, insure yourself against long term disability. Insure yourself against stupid purchases by purchasing everything at Neiman Marcus - they'll take anything back. Even stuff they don't sell. (Ever hear the story of some lame-ass who returned snow tires at Neiman Marcus? He got a credit. They don't sell snow tires.)

Insure yourself from boredom by traveling. Insure yourself from stupid people by not being one. Insure yourself from prejudice by opening your heart and mind to tolerance. Insure yourself from crappy service by being a nice patron. (Being a regular doesn't hurt, either.)

Insurance is a hedge against bad luck, downward market trends, bad luck, hateful people, bad luck and poor investments.

Insurance is your "get out of jail free" card - it's your "extra recess period" instead of "study hall" (Dad- never told you about this, but it happened on your watch) - it's your way of sayin' to the man: "F you - I got insurance, and they will kick your ass."

No lesson is learned without pain. I have pain. I have no insurance. Specifically, I have no insurance for the disaster I have experienced. Yet my disaster has given opportunity to my company to be even more upstanding and relevant and meaningful in my life. So it's all good.

'Cept for that damn insurance.

Go get yourself some.