How Are You Coping With the Recession?

This month's Of Recent Note topic is: Recession Confessions Are you stealing paper as well as pens from the office? Furnishing your apartment with castoffs? Attending parties you wouldn't normally attend just for the free food? Have you become a coupon clipper? Maybe you're not proud of them, but they help--tell us your coping mechanisms. Please send your entries to bridget@themorningnews.org by Sunday, May 31, at 10 p.m. Eastern. Entries should be around 150 words, and please include a link to your web site.