[Porsche-O-Phile]

Shaun, nobody is saying anything "bitter" here. For one I'm actually glad you've found yourself some refuge from the storm and are doing well. That's great news. However, you did kind of open the door to larger scale discussion by calling it "economic recovery". Anyone will tell you that it's inappropriate to make judgements about the economy as a whole based on one person's limited and myopic view of what's happening.

I have a good job offer on the table. Big deal. Does it make me feel even one bit better about our economy? No way. There is no recovery. It's smoke and mirrors made to create a "feel good" in the hope that the optimism will get people out and spending. Well the problem with that is that "getting people out and spending" does NOTHING to solve the underlying problems with our economy that created this recession. Nothing. Not a single thing is being done to fight the disease - instead we're focusing on symptoms. Ultimately that will only put us right back here - worse off - before too long. That's not a "recovery".

All this "recovery" talk is a bunch of poppycock. Utter rubbish. Until we have better employment and we're actually attacking our deficit and restoring trades/manufacturing to this country, there won't be any sort of real "recovery".

That said, I like your work and I'm glad you're selling and making some money. That's good to hear and I can certainly appreciate an artist's product being appreciated and yielding dividends.