Pic of the day:  Victor Dubreuil, Money To Burn ___________________________ For those of us who have been thrown into hell, mysterious melodies and the torturing images of a vanished beauty will always bring us, in the midst of crime and folly, the echo of that harmonious insurrection which bears witness, throughout the centuries, to the [...]

Today was my first day back working since before Christmas.  I got all of 5 hours of work in today, because they called me after 10:00am, and it takes me a minimum of 90 minutes to get in to midtown Manhattan.  I am at once grateful and annoyed.   Grateful that I got any work at [...]

Capitalism sucks! Anyone who has been on the wrong end of the stick knows this, knows that it only helps those who already have a lot of capital.  I had no idea though, that the word itself is slowly becoming a dirty word, and it apparently has been that way for a while. According to [...]

Viddy of the day:  NY Billionaire Mayor’s Girlfriend Punishes Working Families Over Occupy Wall Street I don’t know that this is about OWS, looks to be about the mayor’s girl not liking Sotheby’s locked out workers.  How dare they want to work for their daily bread.  How dare they want a decent salary in safe [...]

Unemployment is too damned high.  The local rate here in New York state is sitting a full percentage point below the national average, at 8%, and luckily has been relatively stable, if still far too high.  Michigan is a mess again.  After 2 years of slow but steady gains in employment, the last 6 months [...]