{"id":406,"date":"2007-07-11T01:08:39","date_gmt":"2007-07-11T05:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/archives\/406"},"modified":"2007-07-11T01:08:39","modified_gmt":"2007-07-11T05:08:39","slug":"i%e2%80%99m-not-worth-much","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/archives\/406","title":{"rendered":"I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not worth much"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had an insurance salesman I worked with for a few years who always asked the question, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s your net worth?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d I never had that information at my fingertips and so was never prepared to answer. He always seemed surprised that I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know my \u00e2\u20ac\u0153net worth\u00e2\u20ac\u009d off the top of my head. And I was always annoyed that he seemed to think that was an important indicator of . . . well, something. While I find some people\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s point of reference as to what constitutes what is of worth odd or off-putting, I remind myself of the axiom dear to the hearts of those with a penchant for educational assessment and psychometric experimentation that everything exists in a certain amount, and, therefore, can be measured.<\/p>\n

So, I just found out that I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m worth $4490.00 . . . dead! <\/p>\n

$4490.00<\/strong>The Cadaver Calculator – Find out how much your body is worth<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Mingle2<\/sup> – Online Dating<\/a><\/p>\n

At least, my body is worth that amount according the Cadaver Calculator site. <\/a><\/p>\n

It’s a bit humbling to think that I can probably get more than that just selling off the books in my library—at a discount! And it’s agonizing to think that the cost of my formal education does not even factor here! Given the factors that went into calculating my biological net worth I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m sort of glad I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t invest a LOT of time huffin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 puffin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 and sweatin’ to the oldies in a lost cause. Given the span of years I have left and the likely return on investment from that kind of activity I think I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d do better investing time and energy in the cultivation of mind and spirit. And, as Paul said, “Bodily exercise profiteth but a little<\/em>.”<\/p>\n

So, what are you<\/em> worth, dead? (I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d make this another contest but for fear some would find it rather morbid and others take too much misplaced glee in getting a higher score).<\/p>\n

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