In my last post, Our Messed-Up Healthcare System, I made a parenthetical reference to unemployment and how that deserved a rant of its own. Here, for your consideration, is that rant. And I am in Connecticut. I know it’s a little different in each state, but it’s close enough that anyone will have similar experiences….
Most of us already know that the US healthcare system is a disaster. Disaster really isn’t a strong enough word. I don’t have the active vocabulary to find a better one, though. So, I’ll stick with disaster. Being unemployed, I’m getting a very personal sample of how bad it is. Last year, I was working…
I don’t have much of anything to say today. It’s not writers block. It’s a case of the things that are on my mind aren’t my stories to tell. That’s something I’m always conscious of. You may have noticed that I talk about myself a lot in these posts. That’s because I’m uncomfortable telling other…
I never met a plant I couldn’t kill. That’s what I always tell people. It’s not absolutely true. I have four house plants that seem unkillable. Don’t ask me what they are, because I couldn’t tell you. They are green, though. One is some kind of cactus, I think. Anyway, I have no idea how…
Does anyone else remember a long time ago when we were warned about refrigerators? It was back in the 1980s. Adults wanted us to be careful. Otherwise, when we were outside playing hide and seek, we might climb into an old, abandoned fridge, not be able to get out, and suffocate in there. It was…
I have been unemployed since June. It’s been terrible. It’s embarrassing and emasculating. I just can’t seem to get a job anywhere. I’ve been sending out five to seven applications a week and I’ve gotten exactly two interviews. Neither one panned out even though I felt like both interviews went well. The worst part is,…
I went to my kid’s eighth grade winter concert tonight. It was really good. And it was only the eighth grade, so the whole thing took about an hour. It started with the band. They played Dominion, Forge of the Vulcan, and March to Castle Rock. They sounded good. As my grandmother used to say,…
One of the hard parts of the holiday season is deciding what gifts to give everyone. Just this afternoon, I had a whole conversation with my aunt about what to get my kid for Christmas. I didn’t have a clue. I don’t even know what I’m getting him this year. We finally settled on a…
How many of you reread books? I certainly do. There are certain books that I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve read them. Those are my comfort books. I bring this up because for the last year and a half, I have been unable to read. I think I read a total of three…
There’s a trend going around that I don’t like at all. More and more venues are refusing to take cash. Everything has to be paid for with a debit or credit card. You see it at concert venues and sporting events. If you’re lucky, they have a reverse ATM. That’s a machine that will take…
