Minimum wage

My long period of unemployment has temporarily ended. I get paid for writing, at piecework rates, web advertising copy for lawyers. While the agency says we should be earning a minumum of $16.00/hour, half of what I used to earn as a library manager, on some days it's closer to $6.00. But, I guess that's OK--Prexy Bush seems to feel that that wage level is just fine. If it doesn't bother him, it shouldn't bother me. Right?

For a little context on that last comment, cast your mind back to the mind-numbing debates between Bush and Senator Kerry in 2004. When the minimum wage issue came up Bush side-stepped it, and not very neatly, by talking about education. Would hate to actually dance with that guy if his performance on that question is indicative of his larger dancing skills. Watch out for your feet, ladies (and your pocketbooks).

Colonoscopy

Call today!! Get yours while they last.

The oldest living grad student (OLGS) had a colonoscopy today. They pumped him full of interesting drugs, and he was a zombie, not even awake enough to enjoy the stuff coursing through his veins. That didn't happen to me, at least to that degree (I kinda enjoyed the drugs), and confirms my belief that men are wimps when it comes to physical discomfort. But he's cleared for 5-7 years. He was jealous--I was cleared for 10.

Joe College, a.k.a. kid #2, went with him, waited, was there when he woke up, and drove him home. It was touching to see OLGS's gratitude, and Joe College's true willingness to help his dad. It bodes well for our declining years, which will come faster than any of us like to think.