--- Real Time Bondage 2009: 09 18 Head Games Marina

In September 2009, the marinas from Fort Lauderdale to Monaco were a strange paradox. The headlines screamed “The Great Recession,” but the docks were still full. Why?

Entertainment in the marina lifestyle was bifurcated. --- Real Time Bondage 2009 09 18 Head Games Marina

So here’s to . A night when the anchor held, the drinks were cold, and for sixty minutes on HBO, the lies we told ourselves became prime-time entertainment. Keywords naturally integrated: Real Time 2009 09 18, Head Games, Marina lifestyle, entertainment. In September 2009, the marinas from Fort Lauderdale

Date: September 18, 2009.

The guests that night reflected the fractured zeitgeist. There was a neuroscientist arguing that the human brain is wired for irrational optimism—a "head game" we play to get out of bed in the morning. Across the table sat a conservative pundit still insisting the Iraq War was a net positive, and a liberal filmmaker who had just finished a documentary about the subprime mortgage collapse. Entertainment in the marina lifestyle was bifurcated