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This was the #1 image result?
The photo is 5 years old but I think the statement is still true.
If you want to see the post where those photos came from, including some nice shots of the Crayola Museum, Hershey Park, and the Gettysburg Battlefield, then click here.
Unfortunately the last 13 months have given an answer to the question associated with the final shot on that page. I was hoping for a different one.
Apparently Tucker Carlson raised 1.5 million for his blog.
1.5 Million! I’m letting this number roll around in my head.
I’m no Tucker Carlson and even with the 11th doctor’s example I’m unlikely to go into Bow Ties anytime soon but tell you what.
$800 a week. That’s what I was making when I lost my job. On that money I can pay all my bills and live comfortably. Not high off the hog, I won’t be traveling the world, buying new cars or stockpiling gold, but $800 a week or 45k a year. For that money I would happily blog professionally for the rest of my life, with only minor COL increases after 5 years.
Cripes if Carlson is willing to hire me I’d be willing to blog on his site for $800 a week and do follow up research and the whole 10 yards (Id do the whole 9 but then I’d have to either punt or go for it on 4th down.) that price and do some solid research.
Consider this an open ended offer for any conservative web site that is looking for a conservative blogger for hire.
Update: Somehow all the links in this post vanished into thin air. I got the Carlson Number from Robert Stacy and include the link he was owed for it now.
…so when the unemployment goes down from 10.2% to 10% that’s good news, seasonal or no. Even so something struck me about it.
Here is the story from The Hill
The nation lost only 11,000 jobs in November, the smallest number since the recession began in December 2007.
Unemployment dipped to 10 percent last month, according to the Department of Labor, as job losses in the construction, manufacturing and information industries were offset by job gains in temporary help services and healthcare. Labor said the 11,000 job losses meant payroll employment was “essentially unchanged” for the month.
Assuming the population hasn’t grown obscenely over the last year, how does the jobs rate drop when the economy has a net job loss? It it because so many more people have given up?
I’m sure there is a mathematical reason for it but it does sound counter intuitive.
Unfortunately unemployment in my house remains at 33%. Until that changes there is no recovery for me.
Update: Via Glenn the answer is found!
And more detail here
Free budget software – Mint.com
…but with a machine on the blink and WalMart offering a laptop for under $200 (even if it was an E-Machine) I figured it was worth my time if I was up.
I woke up around 3 and went downstairs sometime near 4. Since WalMart opened at 5 I figured I’d hit there around 45 min early with an I-Pod in the ear and a book in the hand.
Much to my surprise when I got there the parking lot was already full and the store already open, apparently despite the flyer they decided to open an hour earlier. So by the time I walked in around 20 past 4 the lines in electronics were huge and the laptops were already gone. There was a 2nd WalMart about 20 min away but I finally decided against it. There were netbooks at a comparable price but that wasn’t what I was looking for.
So instead I am home and blogging if I was able to live without it a week ago I can certainly do so now and maybe I’ll catch a little more shuteye.
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