Gung Hee Fat Choy

Early this morning I stuffed some red envelopes with folding green. On the Lunar New Year the married folk are supposed to give red envelopes to the less-lucky unmarrieds, especially the kids. I used to get quarters in my whippersnapper days, now if the bestower puts less than $5 in the envelope he looks cheap.

And why are the married the lucky ones? My unmarried acquaintances are jetting off to Europe every year and gorging themselves on cruise-ship buffets. The only sitters they need to engage are for their dogs and cats.

The ancient traditions need to be updated for 21st-century realities. And why bother handling paper money at all? Leave it to the people who invented credit default swaps to innovate in this area as well.