Monday Morning Blues: The Big Let-Down

More snow than we’ve seen in the past 75 years, headed our way, the news reporters scream over the television. An anxious anticipation spreads throughout the city. Grocery stores are packed with city dwellers preparing for the natural event. I even thought twice about not going to a friends going away party Saturday night for fear of being caught out in the flurry of large white snow flakes sure to bring the city to its knees right before my eyes. But as the party ensued that night, nothing. When the last of the party goers rolled out of the restaurant at three in the morning there was barely a flake in the sky. [...]

The Luxury of Life: You Don’t Deserve It If You Can’t Afford It

I have just discovered the American Dream – slave labor till death. How stupid of me to expect more of a country that owes its existence to the exploitation of my ancestors. The luxury of life belong to others with more and since I am not one of those people I am entitled to death. [...]