Way To Insure Cheerful, Uncomplaining Wage Slavery In Perpetuo

Way to insure cheerful, uncomplaining wage slavery in perpetuo – my new boss just sent me an orchid. With a little appreciative note. Huh.

I do love orchids.

The little company is quite jolly, and the work is fun. I think I'm quite lucky to have landed this gig.

Speaking of companies, my own little company's January revenues were up 3% over January 2007. Which is not to say they aren't dismal and pathetic, but they've been more dismal and pathetic in the past. Progress? Of a sort.

On Wednesday I had exactly one person in the store all day – but this one person told me he'd driven all the way down from Modesto just to come to my store. I've got to think that's a recommendation of some sort.

"You know, we do have a website," I told him, smiling a huge, garish false smile.

"I know you do," he said. "In fact, I've ordered online. But your store is just so fun."

O-kay. But how do I get Chevron to split the gas take with me? I mean, he wouldn't be using their product were it not for my product.

Freakonomics Does The Wire

Freakonomics does The Wire:

http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/09/what-do-real-thugs-think-of-the-wire/

http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/18/what-do-real-thugs-think-of-the-wire-part-two/

http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/25/what-do-real-thugs-think-of-the-wire-part-three/

http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/25/what-do-real-thugs-think-of-the-wire-part-four/