So this speech isn’t exactly about the recession. But anything Obama related is tied to the Recession these days. Besides… I figured yall wanted to see ya boy in action. ...
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Mardi Gras is over now, and it’s back to the real world for your humble narrator. This means annoying customers, coaching at track practice, and of course Louisiana politicians making the news and embarrassing me further. So almost two weeks ago Obama got his stimulus bill passed. Not a monumental feat since he only needed...
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It’s not a big deal being in a recession if you’re from Louisiana. We’ve been cutting costs for as long as there’s been industry here. Our decision makers have no qualms about putting out an inferior product as long as it’s turning a profit. Sadly our chickens come home to roost when every now and then we want something...
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There’s an old saying… or maybe it’s a scientific fact. Either way, “they” say that if there was a nuclear war the animal most fit to survive would be the cockroach. Well… I guess I’m the cockroach of “the Great Recession.” I’ve been scavenging for so long I never even bothered to look up and see the...
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Now let’s get this straight… I am a writer. But first and foremost… I’m a hustler. My nature is to find a way to use my talents to make a dollar. The dichotomy that is the Saturday man is that I’m not always motivated by conventional jobs. I hate offices and closed in spaces. I don’t really care for manual...
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For those of you familiar with Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon you might remember that Guitar was actually the Sunday Man. Well we already got a Sunday man so this is what was left. But that’s what being a broke writer is all about I guess. Scraping up what you can get. So I know you’re thinking two things right now: A.)...
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