Or we could walk across the country...

Back in September when it became apparent that a) Rick was going to be laid off and b) the economy was hitting the skids, we were talking about our options. We could x, we could y...then Rick said, "Or we could walk across the country..."

A cry of despair that was somehow transformed into a not altogether unworthy plan for what to do during a depression; economic or otherwise.

As Rahm Emanuel is fond of saying: it would be a shame to let a crisis go to waste.