What price happiness?…
A map of the constituent parts of the consumer price index, and the behavior (up or down) of their prices:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/05/03/business/20080403_SPENDING_GRAPHIC.html
As we fortify our piggy banks, we might make hands into fists, close our eyes, and say “I do believe in fairies, I do, I do!” in honor of Sir James M. Barrie, the Scottish playwright and author born on this date in 1860. Though a very successful dramatist in his time, Barrie is most beloved, of course, for Peter Pan… and by your correspondent’s daughter for the opportunity Barrie’s life afforded Johnny Depp to portray him in Finding Neverland…
