People Are Awesome: This Superintendent Took an $800,000 Pay Cut to Offset Budget Cuts – Culture – GOOD. This is pretty amazing. I haven’t heard of anyone who took a pay cut.
Tomorrow I am going to a friends court case. He didn’t get paid for work he did more than a year ago. I feel bad for him because I know how he struggled not having the money to pay rent/food or anything he needed.
The hardest part of this recession is not the sacrifices we make ourselves. We know that sacrifice is sometimes required. It is hard to watch someone you offer feel bad because they can’t pay their bills. Fortunately things are getting better. Recent articles said that the number of jobs increased in May, and that the unemployment is the lowest of the last two years.
Here is hoping that my friend, and everyone’s friend gets a job soon. Not because they feel forced to, but because their talents and skills match the opportunity.
Atlantic Is Profitable, Thanks To Culture Shift And Checks – The Consumerist. So some magazines can make money. Could it be that they are reporting stuff that can’t be found anywhere else?
The end of the racial digital divide? – The Curious Capitalist – TIME.com. Good news! ”Ready for the tables to turn? A new report from Pew’s Internet and American Life Project shows that blacks and Hispanics are actually on the Internet more often than whites… when it comes to getting there by way of a mobile phone.”
