I work with people of meager means, but you don’t have to work with the poor to know this is a particularly harsh time. Maybe you already know recessions are doubly hard on the poor. Maybe you already know social services are cut back at the moment when they’re needed most. Maybe you even saw a column in the NYT the other day which describes the problem better than I ever could.
Maybe…
Like many of you we’ve had some money worries. With Cheryl down to her last week of saved up sick leave, her doctors saying she’ll be out of work until at least April, the bills mounting, attorneys not taking our calls anymore, and the odious application process for disability insurance (private mind you) taking FOREVER (it’s way more complicated than it should be), we’ve…
In December 1998 I uploaded a few files to AOL’s servers, giving the world (ah hem… my sister) the first glimpse of my writing and photography (such as it was).
My web site has gone through a lot of design changes since then. I began with a copy of BBEdit, writing up simple html by hand. From there I graduated to Adobe Pagemill, GoLive, back to hand coding very briefly, to iWeb, and my…
Beth’s stubborn streak can drive me crazy sometimes, but I wouldn’t have her any other way. Her almost complete lack of fear to speak her convictions can push my patience to it’s absolute limit. At the same time, it’s a big part of why I’m so proud of her. (Probably at least in part because I had none of her inner strength when I was her age – which she finds…
My good mood this holiday weekend was tempered by events in the middle east. Everyone there seems fine with killing each other. It only gets easier as the days pass, each one providing the justification for tomorrow’s reprisal.
Yeah, I know. This is nothing new. You hear it all the time. It can make you numb. Maybe it was the holidays, my good mood leaving me vulnerable to reversal. This…
It’s nothing earth shattering. I did what a lot of folks do over the holidays. We ate a lot of food and did a lot of playing with the kids.
Here’s some real excitement for you: Publication 15 was released by the IRS just before the holiday weekend! So I put in a little work too. It wasn’t much. I saved it for those times when Beth was doing homework. She’s got a big project…
Many of you know Cheryl was in a car accident a while back. A few of you know about the mess physical therapy made of her injuries. Only Cheryl and I know about our most recent adverures in the mysterious world of insurance, so I gatthered up all my frustration and this post was born.
Way to grab you readers, eh?
A month back Cheryl went for another opinion, seeking to avoid immediate surgery.
The last thing she said was “I never liked beards.”
The last thing she (the other she) said was “when are you going to shave?”
The last thing he said was, “daddy, you’re prickly.”
One person asked me why and I said the first thing that popped in my head (I really should know better by now). “You know how they say you should dress for your next job?