Games I’ve Played with Money

I began playing with money as a wee youngster; or as my mother called me (and still does, occasionally), “a little shit.”

My Last Hundred Bucks: Beer, Condoms, and Ciggies

$100! It is a lot of money, and yet, it is also not a lot of money at all. Where did your last hundred bucks go, Jeff Winkler?

The Economics of a Part-time Drug Dealer

Jeff Winkler: So you’re a drug dealer? Part-time Drug Dealer: Yes. [Sound of his lighter flicking]. Jeff: What do you sell? PTDD: [Blows smoke] Marijuana.

Drinking While Broke, Funded By Other Broke Drunks

I know I have a drinking problem because my bank account has a drinking problem. It’s there in black-n-white. I try not to look at it, always declining to print a paper receipt because it’s quite, well, sobering.