“Teach me to dance, will you, Zorba?” Down and Out — or Up..?.


	“Teach me to dance, will you, Zorba?” Down and Out — or Up..?.

einbar

1-18-2009 1:00 AM

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einbar says:

"There are people who fall hard and do not find their feet for a long time, if ever — a condition some psychiatrists call complicated grief. And the depth of this economic collapse has unceremoniously stripped thousands of far more than money: reputations have reversed; friendships have turned sour; families have fractured."

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1-18-2009 1:09 AM

debbyski

You know we are heading for a depression when the super-rich start killing themselves.

1-18-2009 1:27 AM

einbar

http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/E7F0F1BB-8492-489D-9D45-7E2AAB822529/

1-18-2009 10:07 AM

carrerinyes

Zorba dancing the Sirtaki...can it get any better?

1-24-2009 5:35 PM

einbar

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