Author's posts
Nov 30 2019
We do Front Page Poetry!
I am just as good as Rory even though I didn’t graduate Chilton and Yale. Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the …
Nov 30 2019
Destination Planning
In addition to cranking up the Lumens (don’t ask, I wear SPF 50 at my desk) another thing I do to combat my SAD is plan my Summer travel (not so much a vacation as an education). I’m thinking about adding some of these to my list of potential destinations. Niagra isn’t so bad. I …
Nov 29 2019
My Box In A Box
No, I didn’t suddenly change my mind about YouTube- Retail Flashbacks. I was initially a seasonal employee and kind of waltzed right in after Local Life Guarding was done. I spent a long time learning the Department Directory and moving Merch from Pallets to Carts so we didn’t scare the Customers. And we moved Merch. …
Nov 29 2019
Cartnoon
Happy Merchandise Day! I refuse to log in just to compare and contrast My Box In A Box (we are an adult site and talk about adult topics) but feel free. If, unlike me, you choose to brave the parking lot odyssey and madding crowds I caution you in this Frozen season of The Rise …
Nov 29 2019
Cow Tokens of Clay to Pieces of Condensed Oil
Black Friday Economics. Money is a generally accepted medium of exchange, not a store of value. Want to store value? Invest in Enterprise. That part is pure Samuelson/Keynes, as conventional as it gets, the Modern part of Monetary Theory is recognizing that Taxes are not necessary to raise State Revenue (the State is already entitled …
Nov 28 2019
Cartnoon
So it’s Thanksgiving and for some that means a day of confinement with a group of people you basically can’t stand attempting to work together under a high pressure deadline. I’m talking about your family of course. As you known I’m not a great believer in civility and I think public shaming the very least …
Nov 28 2019
Ben’s Bird
Look, I cook. And Turkey is pretty good any time, it’s harder to cook dry than Chicken of which the only part worth considering is the thigh. Sometimes it’s hard to even find Turkey off season, in places you can buy it butchered. If you have to butcher yourself you do it pretty much the …
Nov 27 2019
Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose- Meleagris gallopavo Edition
Turkeys Away “Oh the Humanity!” Did you watch the whole episode? How could you possibly think this was a good idea? Tossing a Bird That Does Not Fly Out of a Plane by Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic 11/20/18 Here in Yellville this cold and rainy weekend, there are turkeys everywhere—turkey shirts and turkey costumes and …
Nov 27 2019
Turkey Loaf!? Again??
Shut up. Just shut up. My family informs me that they don’t much like my Turkey Loaf. As a matter of fact the exact quote was “It tastes like leftovers just before you pitch them in the garbage.” Thanks guys. Now you know why I’m in Therapy. As it turns out what they object to …