It's Showtime, Baby!

Nothing says wild and crazy fun on a Friday night like downing another IC Light while watching a documentary on Showtime. But that's me tonight. At least, I'm still awake. Everyone else has been snoring since 10:30 p.m!

Anyway, I'm watching Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders. The film was made by James Scurlock in 2006, not to be confused with Morgan Spurlock. Spurlock made the thought-provoking flick, Super Size Me in 2004. Back to Maxed Out. It has its fair share of politicians squirming, regular people suffering from regular problems and basically everyone you're supposed to trust -- looking distrustful. Seriously, no one is safe. Suze Orman just got ripped for being in bed with FICO! Not that I've bought her FICO Kit. Yet. Or registered for it. Yet. Frankly, I'm not even sure after reading most of her book, Women and Money, if I already own rights to the kit just by buying her book. She promotes the hell out of FICO so much, I have started to tune out. And if you've read any of Suze's books, you know a bad FICO score will have you spewing F-words all the livelong day.

Maxed Out reminds me how great marketing makes you spend and spend even if it means spending money on things that are supposed to show you how to stop spending. Kind of defeats the purpose of a mission like my economic stimulus. A great reminder, too, to stop and smell the roses every once in a while, consider the source like my Mom always told me to do and then consider other sources to help round out your full story. Sphere: Related Content