Bad Bad News + I didn't win, again.

Though, the bright light in this whole story is that neither did anyone else. I feel dirty buying those little things — and I only do it when the cash payment is $20–$30 million and above. The reason is that I want the ability to do nothing and everything with the rest of my life.

Seeing as private health care will cost me about a fifth of this thing, transportation and housing another quarter, and the taxes alone supplying a huge hurt, the payout has to be worth it. I want that toss my computer out the window, throw my desk over and walk out kind of freedom. Free money ain't cheap, people.

Well, now this bitch is at about $98.8 million in cash.

So now, I have to pony up another $3 for my ticket. But tickets are a dollar you say, "Why $3 and not just a $1 — or $21?" I think you know the answer.