Scrimping

I’ve walked past this sign so many times I finally had to memorialize it:

On Wilson Boulevard in Arlington, Virginia

Not bad: more than $100,000 a year! Maybe even $200,000! Clearly all income is pure profit—why bother paying for a professional-looking sign? And don’t worry if you can’t spell—the boss can’t either!

In the process I’m also memorializing the huge rolling, grassy expanse that has lain fallow for several years now, on the same block where my employer plans to break ground in November for a new building. One can only assume the owner and/or developer ran into financing difficulties after they tore down the Taco Bell, Dr. Dremo’s Taphouse (formerly Bardo Rodeo and, before that, Ningaloo),  and the scary-looking used-car dealership. The fickle economic stars are apparently realigning, however, pointing to a successful and timely outcome for us, if not for them.