Non-profit, literally
I get daily emails from Idealist.org about job openings in non-profit and socially-minded for-profit companies. Every week there’s usually a few interesting jobs that are right up my alley. Invariably, they pay considerably less than my current corporate rut job. “Considerably less” as in Executive Directors for some of these places make less than me.
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Crawfish Dreams, Venom’s Taste
I love randomly discovering new [to me] writers, especially when they’re not well-known bestseller list types. That whole underdog thing. I finished Crawfish Dreams last week and am happy to say that Nancy Rawles is a remarkable talent! She weaves an intricate tale of a family of Creoles living in mid-80’s Los Angeles into a
REASON #26 WHY I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK
“I absolutely believe in God… and I absolutely hate the fucker.” –Richard B. Riddick, Pitch Black
The New Stuff
For Rich Villar I remember the new stuff. When it hit the mic raw and risky like homemade sushi more interested in the flavor than the presentation. We were too hungry for pretense. I remember the new stuff. When it burst from the heart like a ball of fire through an origami parade
Pumpkin Seeds: Trickle Down Edition
1. My earliest “political” memory is of rooting for Jimmy Carter over Ronald Reagan in the 1980 Presidential election. My second is of being disappointed that Reagan didn’t die when he was shot in 1981. 2. Reaganomics can kiss my ass. Shit trickles downhill, not prosperity. There is no pony buried under the manure; just
Jesse Helms is back! And this time he’s black.
You can’t make this stuff up. “Jesse Helms is back! And this time he’s black.” That’s Winston-Salem city councilman Vernon Robinson’s campaign slogan as one of eight GOP candidates in the July 20 primary for North Carolina’s 5th Congressional District. Pretty inoffensive, though, compared to the radio ad he’s running: ANNOUNCER NO. 1: Vernon Robinson,
Dirty Laundry
If you haven’t heard by now, Bill Cosby aired some dirty laundry in full public view a couple of weeks ago, speaking at a gala marking the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education desegregation ruling. “Ladies and gentlemen, the lower economic people are not holding up their end in this deal,” he
Ladies and gentlemen: Mr. Trent Lott!
Lott Defends Treatment of Iraqi Prisoners By Helen Dewar, Washington Post, Thursday, June 3, 2004 Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) proved he has not lost his knack for inflammatory rhetoric when he defended “really rough” treatment of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. soldiers, including the use of dogs against a prisoner “unless the dog ate him.” …
Pumpkin Seeds: Entertainment Edition
1. The Day After Tomorrow is a stereotypical NYC slam poem: good intentions; overt but shallow politics; a handful of clever moments. New York City flooded; an environment-hating, Dick Cheney-lookalike VP; and American refugees fleeing across the Mexican border are the main highlights of what is basically a special effects exhibition that borrows liberally from