Sign O' the Times

As I was returning from lunch today I saw a guy wearing a sandwich board enticing passersby to come in and save money by having your taxes done by.... This form of employment is growing more popular by the day. It was last popular during the Great Depression. Coincidence or just a recurring fad? A few weeks ago two guys at an oil change place were doing the same thing only they looked like the guys that do the oil changes.

What if you boss said hey John its slow today. Take this sign and hang it over your shoulders and go hop around on the sidewalk doing things to grab peoples attention. Oh and did I mention that Sally in marketing just got laid off. So today's question is: Are you willing to lose everything or just your dignity?

American Dreamtime

Are we all going to sleep through 2009? I just finished reading Robert Scheer's latest post at Truthdig and I have to ask myself just what is going on in our country in my name. I am very cynical by nature but I am really sinking to new depths. We really have become a nation of sheep. As long as there is grass we'll continue grazing while we await getting sheered or slaughtered. What will you do when you wake up and there is no more grass. Does anybody want to start a co-op farm and become hippies. Who knows how to mill grain. Now these are extreme thoughts but I'm not the only one thinking them. When you don't know what to do staying asleep is probably a good thing.

New Year's Resolution

If I see him I will throw it.