Wisdom and whimsy in moderate doses
September was Hunger Action Month; I’m a little late finding out. Near as I can figure out, the state of Missouri would give a single adult about $20 a week in food stamps. About $2.85 a day. I usually call that soda money. (In Illinois, it would be $25 per week. The executive directors of… Continue reading Can you eat on $20 a week?
I should have been laid off from work today. I wasn’t. My employer, whom I rarely blog about even on the journalism-related blog (although when something happens at work, there’s always a lot more traffic from work-related IPs), laid off 20 people on Friday. Seventeen of them were from the newsroom. Fifteen were part of… Continue reading Employment remorse
Cold Stone Creamery is sponsoring an ice cream social for the Make-A-Wish Foundation, which grants wishes to kids with life-threatening illnesses. In September, the ice cream chain introduced two new creations inspired by Jack and Emily, two Make-A-Wish kids. Jack’s creation is marshmallow ice cream with Oreo cookies, chocolate chips and fudge. Emily’s is Nutter… Continue reading Free ice cream!
I was a huge nerd as a kid. It’s my mom’s fault. When I was in the fourth grade, our TV stopped working. There was sound, but no picture. We didn’t watch a lot of TV anyway — whatever the rabbit ears could pick up. Cartoons on Saturday morning. “3-2-1 Contact” after school. Maybe the… Continue reading Books and Bratz
“You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” — Eleanor Roosevelt