All posts

To cover the basics, health care and an education would be free—unless a citizen dropped out of college, then they would be obliged to...

It is important for me to clarify that this is not me bad mouthing the United States, the country I was born in and have lived in my...

It has opined that my generation, Generation X, is the last one with a “work ethic." We are the youngest to believe in the “American...

It used to be a thing, asking “Where do you see yourself in five years?” during job interviews. I played the game, had a bullshit answer...

When will there be new books? To answer that I need to go into my living situation. My boss (very generously) has been letting me staying...

Bear with me, but I am going to assume you are not completely insane— Could you walk into a dance class or your place of employment and...

A six year old boy pulls out a handgun in class. The teacher walks over to get the weapon. The child shoots her through the hand and into...

Going into 2023, twenty states will have a minimum wage of $7.25. Some of the twenty states do not have a set minimum wage and simply...

I have this wad of paper napkins in the door of the van: McDonalds. TacoBell…has to be a couple dozen of them from the trip. You get your...

In the United States Socialism is a dirty word. It is spit out like a rancid piece of food at the mention of any social programs or...

Show me the United States. If you asked that, I would take you to Costco. I was in the Palm Springs version of that store and it struck...

If you wish hard enough, wish or just visualize the life you want, it’ll happen. The thing is, you’re looking at Disneyland like a...

I am tired of living out of a minivan but that observation is irrelevant. Everytime I feel burn out coming on there is this internal...

As predicted, I have calmed down or at least my anger has changed to frustration. I am not going to be negative, I am not just going say...

I have been living out of my van since May 17, 2020; this is a warts and all “what it is really like” documentation of my day to day...

THE HATCHER One She was surrounded. Being concerned about that fact was acceptable but being anxious about it was not; anxiety was...

I remember my grandparents hundreds of books, they took up one wall of the living room. Three of them were John Dos Passos USA trilogy....

I feel out of place in the country where I was born and have lived all my life. This feeling has existed for a decade or so but has...

I feel the need to be doing something, to be productive; there are always books to write, plans to be made, things to figure out. There...

I am never going to live check to check again. For most of my adult life every paycheck has meant too much, make or break; I think a lot...