You’ve gotten pretty far in a job discussion. You like them. They like you. And it’s getting down to the nitty gritty. Then your prospective employer pops the question you’ve been dreading: “So what are you making now?” (or some variation like, “What were you making in your last position? "You freeze. You know that answering the question can only hurt you. It might peg you at a salary you feel you’ve outgrown or that you improperly negotiated. And you know that you’re always supposed to let the other person name a price first in any negotiation.

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A poem to motivate people to enjoy work…

A poem describing the feelings of going back to work after some time off. These feelings mixed and the struggle begins. The struggle of liking work, and not liking work.

We Americans are losing jobs right and left. It is time for each of us to help each other by doing a different job, one that has been needing our attention for years. The gangsters in our current administration are taking our America away from us, the people. Only you and the rest of us can take it back. We must not stand idle hoping it will right itself, these are thugs of old, it is like Capone and his rowdies have muscled in and are holding us bondage.

A haiku.

A look at how things progress when you’re down in the dumps and some of the best ways to rise again and live. This is philosophical thinking outlining ways to maintain your mental and phyiscal health despite the negative issues of life.

A brief pro-AIG person shares his frustration with modern America.

Hey, if you want to write, write! If you want to make money, you shouldn”t have to pay first.

A few funny observations I’ve made about cops over the years.