Employment

Usually take an afternoon nap from 12:00 to dinner time just because I have nothing to do. But recently I have noticed something very strange about waking up from these naps. About 75% of the time when I wake up I am in a complete panic; cold sweats, breathing hard, paranoia, completely scared of everything.  Read More »

Overproduction and underconsumption.  Read More »

Okay, so really I'm a big fan of people. I love watching them, interacting with them, etc. I love it. However, when I'm at work, that boat sometimes flips over completely. Every now and then I get customers that make rude remarks, throw things at me, and are just total grumps.  Read More »

I received the dreaded phone call on Monday, the one I was hoping I would not get this time, but I guess it was inevitable. The temp service I have been working with informed me that Friday will be my last day. The project is over, leaving me, once again, terrified wondering if I am going to be able to keep a roof over my head and food in my belly.  Read More »

Spring is here everywhere I turn in Montana. We have a corny old axiom for those of you who cannot visualize the weather we're eternally captivated by. "Wait five minutes or drive five miles and you'll see different weather," we say. Likewise with my mind. I mean, it seems the same is true of my spring-y ambitions.  Read More »

I just back from filling out some paper work today for my new job as a lifeguard, and my new boss mentioned that part of the reason she hired me had to do with a previous theft of my personal belongings. No, it wasn’t a pity hire, it was because she liked the way I had handled myself. Let me give you some back story.  Read More »

I live in Michigan, to be a little more exact, the edge of southern Metropolitan Detroit. As many of you know the Michigan economy is rapidly declining.  Read More »

Generally when people think about raising the minimum wage they think about the amount of money more that there will be had and the benefit there will be to the poor people. Well unfortunately - as pointed out by Art Carden (Economics professor at Rhodes College) - almost every time the government enacts an economic policy, that policy actually hurts the people it was meant to help.  Read More »