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How the Crash Will Reshape America | Richard Florida

An extremely interesting analysis of the state of the economy and where it may lead from here. Thanks to Jason Kottke for the pointer

If anything, our government policies should encourage renting, not buying. Homeownership occupies a central place in the American Dream primarily because decades of policy have put it there. A recent study [...]

No Way To Run A Retirement

I’ve been wondering why the impact of the financial crisis on the overall retirement “system” hasn’t gotten more attention in the media. We already knew the system was in bad shape before September 2008. According to the Fed’s Survey of Consumer Finances, in 2007, only 60.9% of households where the head of household was age [...]

Remodeling and Rebuilding…Pardon the Dust

Godaddy finally rolled out the patch for WordPress 2.7 so I’ve been busy making upgrades to all of my websites. So far I am impressed with the changes the WordPress gurus have incorporated into this version.

The new Dashboard is great. Granted it took a few hours to figure out where everything is located but [...]

What do you say about the company you spent a lifetime at…

When they tell you they don’t need you anymore…Leave. Now. We will not be replacing you…

It’s been a month…

I was proud to work for this company. On the whole they treated their employees well.

They did have the myth of “family” working far longer than it was actually a fact. It is [...]

What a difference a couple of months can make…

After resetting all of my sites in September and planning to continue the changes my entire life changed.

Thirty-five years of working in the same company…Changing jobs and skill-sets to keep it interesting…The economy and new management at the company I called home decided I (and my experience) was no longer needed. So now I [...]