What's the difference between a million, a billion and a trillion?

1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.

The above is a nonillio, or about how much money I usually carry around.

Its a joke, folks. Drop the zeros and you pretty much have what I usually carry around.

Just a snippet. There's much more.

A million dollars ago was five (5) seconds ago at the U.S. Treasury.
A billion dollars ago was late yesterday afternoon at the U.S. Treasury.

Via Jonco (who else?).

Perspective

Sometimes its best to keep your mouth shut.

A self-important college freshman attending a recent football game, took it upon himself to explain to a senior citizen sitting next to him why it was impossible for the older generation to understand his generation.

"You grew up in a different world, actually an almost primitive one," the student said, loud enough for many of those nearby to hear. "The young people of today grew up with television, jet planes, space travel, men walking on the moon, our spaceships have visited Mars. We have nuclear energy, electric and hydrogen cars, computers with light-speed processing , and..." he then paused to take another drink of beer.

The senior gentleman took advantage of the break in the student's litany and said, "You're right, son. We didn't have those things when we were young........ So we invented them. Now, you arrogant little shit, what are you doing for the next generation?"

(via Jonco)