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Be a Gunslinger, Baby

October 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Stephen King’s books series The Dark Tower is about a gunslinger in a world that has “moved on”. It’s not really a western. It’s a cross-genre set of writings (Sci-fi, Western, Fantasy, Contemporary). I think King’s reconstructed gunslinger is an icon for the Rules of Work. Image by BoristheFrog via Flickr The gunslinger is single-minded, [...]

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Freedom Wears a Watchcap

November 15, 2009 By Leave a Comment

What is home-worker fashion? One of the things I’m curious about, for those of you who work from home all or part of the time is: what do you wear for working? Pajamas? Overalls? Tuxedo? A speedo? Image via Wikipedia One of the wonderful things about working from home is that you can eat what [...]

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The Joy of Postage

August 19, 2008 By Leave a Comment
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This article has several key points that are barely but still related – despite recent criticism that this is not an acceptable approach to composition. The poor pay more for everything. Walmart isn’t really mitigating this: First off, there’s the obvious fact that Walmart shoppers are propping up a work model that keeps their wages [...]

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