Posted on Thursday, January 26th, 2006 at 2:16 am by Philip Devitt
For the last few days newspapers and TV reports have been declaring this week to be the most depressing week of the year, with today in particular being the one most likely to discourage you from crawling out of your warm bed in the early hours of the morn.
The notable absence of shiny happy people (holding hands or otherwise) is being blamed on those institutions that prey upon the naive and vulnerable; the shylocks, the vile lenders of money.