How to save money.

This is a 64 day process. If you follow these instructions carefully, you will be richer than Bill Gates in just 64 days. Honest.

Take a simple checkerboard. If you don't have one, buy one at a garage sale to save even more money, or just make one using a piece of cardboard and a magic marker. On the first day, put a single penny on the first square. Simple right?

The next day, put two pennies on the second square. Still simple. Just double your pennies each day.

On day three you put four pennies on the third square. On day four, you put eight pennies on the fourth square. You following this? Good. Now just keep repeating this process for sixty more days. At some point you'll probably have to ask all your friends to start helping you by donating their pennies. This shouldn't be too difficult, since nobody likes pennies and they seem eager to get rid of them. You'll eventually find yourself walking around in parking lots trying to find pennies that have dropped on the ground. But by the 64th day, you will place the following amount in pennies on the 64th square alone.

9,223,372,036,854,775,808

In English, that's ninety two quadrillion, two hundred thirty three trillion, seven hundred twenty billion, three hundred sixty eight million, five hundred forty seven thousand, seven hundred fifty eight dollars and eight cents.

This is more than enough to start your own space program or buy your own country. Perhaps even the whole world or maybe the entire solar system.

You will now have 18,446,744,073,709,551,615 pennies on the board so be sure to start with a sturdy table.

By the way, that's one hundred eighty four quadrillion, four hundred sixty seven trillion, four hundred forty billion, seven hundred thirty seven million, ninety five thousand, five hundred sixteen dollars and fifteen cents.

So you can now afford to send me one trillion dollars just for showing you how to do this. Thanks.