dairy prices, oyster bars, the sex industry...

I've often said that there's plenty of money -- there is always plenty of money -- it's just that the distribution sucks. That's not a revelation, of course. It's just another way of saying how these things go. Still, distribution surprises me now and again anyway.

The State educational systems here are, at the mercy of all governmental budgets, various sorts of wrecks. The local transit authority is a travesty. The City is deep in it and looking for more ways to cut. It isn't as if people outside of computer industries (again) are finding more work opportunities than they can take, it isn't as if inflation continues unnoticed -- gawd, gallon of milk or a gallon of gas? You pick. -- but there does seem to be a lot of money getting tossed around lately into relatively, uhm, non-critical ways. For example, in my market, restaurants and cafes have been popping up like mushrooms. Really good mushrooms. The smell of venture capital is in the air... (again)

I've been told the pro domme biz is inherently a bit squirrely anyway. How it rises and falls relative to prevailing economic conditions isn't quite as clear as one might guess. I'm not sure porn has been hurting so much because of the larger economy as it has from technological shifts -- my euphemistic way of saying "theft". I'm wondering, does one need sexual satisfaction enough during economic hard times to be willing to budget some money for it anyway because, heck, times are hard and stress is high, or do those expenditures get put off until you feel truly flush? Are there even cut and dry answers for these kind of questions?

Does some of the dough from web company IPOs end up helping to pay the rent for porn studios? Does any of that speculative money, a bit of that revenue made from selling animated cows, a few bucks from ads placed to catch one of your "friends" interest go to pay for web servers streaming kink parties live -- ? Are the four or five new pricey restaurants in the 'hood a good sign for the sex industry? Really, are oysters good for the libido and the dungeon?

While this new bubble lasts, I rather hope so. Sure, I'd like to see some of it go to say, public transit, but it doesn't work that way. I don't have a car, but I'd still like to be able to afford milk. Likewise, I'm guessing there are one or two pro dommes around here that would like to be able pay what is probably already exhorbitant rent and still be able to afford, say, a half gallon of milk and a bus ride.