4
Sep
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Even though I’m sure you’ve heard that the jobless rate is now 9.7 and that 216,000 jobs were lost in August (recession over, now?), I’m not going to talk about that. (Interesting statistic: An expanded unemployment rate that includes people who have given up looking for jobs out of frustration and are working part time but still want full-time jobs rose to 16.8 percent, from 16.3 percent.)
But like I said, I’m not going to talk about that. It’s the Friday before Labor Day and even though I can hear my neighbor groggily and loudly talking into her phone (she must have her big fat adenoid-troubled head propped against our adjoining wall, I swear), I refuse to be brought down by that, or news of further unemployments, for now.
Because remember what’s so great about holidays? They are for everyone! Just because you don’t currently labor doesn’t mean you don’t get to enjoy Labor Day. You deserve it just as much as the next slob! (Also, if you insist on traveling, gas in New York City is now a mere $2.91 to last year’s $3.87 per gallon. There prove no shortage of drink specials to match; just do me a favor and don’t drink the gas itself this time, ‘kay?)
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Tags: august slow, bomb scare, boyne mountain, employee revenge, gas prices, hbo original series, holiday for everyone, jobless rate increase, labor day, labor statistics, michigan, new promise of fall, new york city, old grudges, recession vibe, sheriff's department, ski vacation
17
Aug
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I’m heading back to New York City this early a.m., and it seems apropo, since I stayed at my brother’s apartment in Boston last night, dishing and reminiscing about the past and family, that we’d start the week right, with a Dad-vice.
My dad recently reunited with some far-flung family for a wedding, returning to his hometown and the house of his youth. Reflections were had, comparisons made between today and yesteryear. I think you will find it, as always, interesting.
Then and Now
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Tags: 1929, black thursday, boom time, depression, lessons from grandpa, ludington, michigan, new chevy, stock market crash, try, try again
23
Jun
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© Denny Renshaw
The most job-depressing quote of the day comes from Judy Putnam, spokeswoman for the Michigan League for Human Services, in an interview with the Huffington Post. Optimism “hasn’t been a problem in Michigan,” she says. “There were no signs of hope in our numbers.”
Poor Michigan! It’s cold up there! And now the jobless rate is at 14.1%, “a distinction the state has held for 25 of the last 26 months.”
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Tags: eminem, huffington post, illinoise, judy putnam, michigan, michigan league for human services, sufjan stevens, unemployment rates, upper peninsula
