a simple plan

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120324

a simple plan is a tragedy about what happens when you combine a huge windfall with some people who do not trust each other.  i did not expect to like it much, but it went down surprisingly easily.

also, fun thought exercise.  what do you do if you find 4.4 million dollars in cash?  do not worry about it being marked or the serial numbers being recorded somewhere, just assume it is a bunch of clean $100 bills.  you are probably in petty cash for life, assuming you can consistently unload $100 bills, but can you buy a house?  a car?  pay rent, even?  guess it depends on how much your rent is.  my point is that most people are going to blink and look at you funny if you hand them a wad of $100 bills.  i blink and look at people funny when they hand me *one* $100 bill, though i am always careful to say "thank you" and not complain.

for the record, i am totally cool with people handing me money of pretty much any denomination, especially if i do not have to give it back.

where was i.  ok, yeah, so having all that money would be cool, i guess, but almost more trouble than it is worth since it is hard to use it quickly or in large quantities.  in the meantime, you have to haul it around and keep it hidden.  most laundering methods i know of involve some large amount of overhead, such as paying half the proceeds to a professional launderer or the IRS.

a simple plan gets three $100 bills and an eye-roll as we all exclaim that money is the root of all evil.