Posted by: djcnor on: April 5, 2009
Congress is working on tightening the rules that credit card companies operate under, so the card companies are doing a whole lot of this lately while they can still get away with it. Those rates in question could be 30% or higher, and you know what that is?
USURY
Posted by: djcnor on: April 4, 2009
I was wishing I had more space to work with the new-old sewing machine at home. I’ve got it. I can take a lot of what is in my studio and use it to “decorate” my space there, thus making more space. I can teach there. I can work there in ways that are chancy here at home. I can collaborate and help other members. But the very best of all is:
I have a reason to do what I do
Posted by: djcnor on: April 3, 2009
All I know is I’m 58 and still full to the brim with life and passion and an unwillingness to settle, and it’s driving me into poverty and I don’t know what to do about it, because I cannot help caring as much as I do. Do I just have to throw up my hands and go for it, just set myself to live however I have to in order to do it? Is there anyone else out there like me? Well, is there?
Posted by: djcnor on: March 31, 2009
Do I see a flicker? A candle in the distance? An LED over in the bushes? An early lightening bug? Did I predict it or what? Just when I decided to put more of my efforts into making a business of my own, a company called this morning about a substitute teacher placement.
Posted by: djcnor on: March 30, 2009
The difference is that Europe has never had that much credibility with most Americans, but the US has had a lot of credibility with Europeans in the past. The loss of that is a major change. American hubris and arrogance will not be tolerated as it has in the past, and that has consequences. On the other hand, Americans are not likely to tolerate willingly what it might take to get that credibility back.
Posted by: djcnor on: March 29, 2009
There’s a definition of insanity I’ve been giving some thought to lately: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. That’s what job hunting has been like for a while now, and it’s high time I did something other than what I’m doing now if I’m to expect different results.
Posted by: djcnor on: March 28, 2009
In any case, isn’t it interesting to see tea such an integral part of two very separate protests. Are there more out there? Is there a conspiracy of tea merchants? Should we start worrying about them rather than the evil bankers? And what is it about using tea in protests that gets the authorities in such uproars?
Posted by: djcnor on: March 27, 2009
Programs such as the one described above maintain the skills of the workforce. Workers affected by the downturn don’t fall behind and have none of the kinds of resume/CV gaps that make finding new jobs harder. No one loses access to the level of healthcare coverage they had before. What’s more is it costs considerably less than the American version of stimulus.
Posted by: djcnor on: March 27, 2009
Something is very very wrong with either employers or me. I’m wondering again how much of this has to do with ageism, how much to do with discrimination against immigrants. And, frankly, at this moment, I don’t know what to do about it.
