Unexpected Leisure

January 18, 2011January 19, 2011

What the Health Care Reform Debate Means When You’re Unemployed

{Health care is] the one area where "they" have you by the throat. If you can't deal with something with home care and over-the-counter drugs, or find sufficient help at a local free clinic and can't pay for "real" care, you're screwed. Read more [...]

January 18, 2011January 20, 2011

Vegan Chili Recipe

Here's another great recipe for a cold winter evening from my sister-in-law Laura: Read more [...]

January 17, 2011January 17, 2011

Sunday Book Review: “The Book of Tea”

In the early 20th Century a Japanese art expert named Okakura Kakuzo wrote a slim volume called â€œThe Book of Teaâ€ wherein he attempted to bridge the cultural gap between East and West. He used the Japanese tea ceremony as a medium for explaining some of Japanâ€™s less well-understood aesthetics and cultural values at a time when Japan was trying to â€œwesternizeâ€ itself as quickly as possible. Read more [...]

January 15, 2011January 20, 2011

Yummy Potato Wedges

It's the weekend.Â Sit back and enjoy some of these easy-to-make and quite delicious potato wedges using the recipe provided by my good friends Davis and Sonja.Â Here are their instructions: 1. Read more [...]

January 14, 2011January 14, 2011

The Very Scary Unemployment Chart

I put this chart up is to give you some idea what you are up against. If we get out of this, it will be by thinking about work and entrepreneurship in different ways, and agitating like hell to get the Government to pay attention to this very serious problem. Read more [...]

January 13, 2011

Saving Money, Saving Time

What are you trying to save? Most of us want to save money, but thinking in those terms is not sufficient. You want to save time as well. Read more [...]

January 12, 2011January 12, 2011

Make Your Own Laundry Soap

This liquid soap recipe makes 10 gallons, so you might want to consider doing this with some friends and splitting the results if this is more soap than you can comfortably store. Read more [...]

January 11, 2011

The Emerging Multi-Family Household

So, those of us who live at the bottom of the food chain do what we always do, we adjust and adapt. One of these adjustments is the return of the multi-family household. More and more people are moving in with relatives as jobs succumb to layoffs or homes fall to foreclosure. Friends are doubling up as well. Read more [...]

January 11, 2011January 20, 2011

Enjoying LIfe, Even if You Arenâ€™t Making a Living

There are quite a few articles out there on the long-term effects of being unemployed; how it starts to mess with your mind and sap confidence and joy.Â As the period of joblessness grows ever longer Read more [...]

January 10, 2011

A New Wrinkle for Cell Phones

One of the things, I love, love, love about technology is what it can do for people who don't have a lot of money. Yes, computers are expensive, but new web savvy devices cost less than a desktop computer or laptop used to, and the price of laptops also continues to fall. You need an email address? It's free. Read more [...]