Who gets to decide how much you get paid to do the job you do? Generally speaking, your boss, or their boss, or the board of directors and CEO of the company you work for. In other words, the people you work for decide how much they are going to pay you. Sure, you can…
pieces of my world: part 8
Hello! Happy Monday. This is me, participating in Cee's Share Your World challenge on the same day she posts it. Look at me go. To the questions! Would you rather be given $10,000 for your own use or $100,000 to give anonymously to strangers? This is kinda funny, but I had a dream the…
if I had a dollar
I wrote a poem today. I was walking home from work, thinking it would be nice if I had a little bit of cash to buy a little something to surprise my wonderful wife with. I thought to myself, "If I had a dollar, I'd buy a flower." And then I thought, "That almost rhymes.…
dystopia
“What a beautiful view today.” I gaze out my window toward the invisible horizon. “So painfully pretty. The mountains have run away, the oceans have fled, the plains are hiding, the trees and flowers all gone.” Taking a deep breath, I smell industry and business and freshly printed money. “Can you not see the beauty…
random question of the day:
What if everyone gave up on money and moved back to the barter system? What things would you accept to do the work you do? What would you trade for the things you need to survive?
this post is garbage
Several weeks ago, I was walking to the bus stop, and I was noticing all the garbage and litter lying around. In the gutter to my left, in the low row of bushes to my right, and in the grass all around. Cans, bottles, wrappers, papers, cups, bags, and endless cigarette butts. I had been noticing the…
memoirs of an unremarkable man 