If you think your cell phone bill is high, be thankful you aren’t trying to keep in contact with someone in jail or prison. If you’ve placed, or received, a phone call from an institution you are familiar with the exorbitant fees involved. Individuals who are incarcerated locally, face rates as high as $214 a month […]
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Some (more) thoughts on not graduating
Peer: “So where did you go to school & what did you study?” Me: “Well, actually I didn’t graduate from college, but I’m working in marketing & communications for an agency in St. Louis.” Peer: “Oh wow, I envy you. I should’ve dropped out, too.” That’s the gist of an exchange that comes up a […]
Bedside Wedding in a Hospital ICU
When my mom sent me a text late on a Friday afternoon that my uncle wanted, and needed, to get married that weekend, I knew our work was cutout for us. Further complicating things: He had cancer in his liver, brain and kidney, and was confined to his ICU room. We needed to legally complete […]
A purple bracelet, a warehouse and human rights
Previously, I worked in a warehouse shipping and production department. Bigotry and hostile comments about those that were ‘different’ were common. The comments weren’t specific toward one another, necessarily, but about groups of people in general terms. It wasn’t a very accepting environment. Three years ago in October of 2010, five gay teenagers committed suicide […]
I quit my big bank for something Simple
The first year I had my checking account I incurred around $300 in overdraft charges. If I had to guess, the first lesson everyone gets from their bank is in the form of overdraft fees, although hopefully not as steep. I never really understood the point of overdraft fees. Charge me $35 so my $1.06 […]
Hipstamatic from the hip at the Senior PGA Championship
A little shooting from the hip (they wouldn’t allow anything else) from the Senior PGA Championship at Bellerive.
Silence from STLCC-Meramec after attack
Unfortunately for STLCC-Meramec, it made headlines this week and for all the wrong reasons, again. A male allegedly attacked a female student in a women’s restroom, putting her in a choke hold intending to kill her and scratching her face. A faculty member in a nearby classroom heard the commotion and helped restrain the male until […]
Fear while sitting in a food court
I was sitting in a crowded mall food court the day after Christmas and a suddenly a sense of fear rushed over me. I was alone with my headphones in, head buried in my iPhone reading a forgotten Kindle book, Methland, as I waited for the Apple Store to finish installing a new OS on […]
Fog Blankets Jefferson County, MO
A belated post with photos from the November 21 blinding fog in St. Louis from the top of Tower 21, an old lookout tower in Jefferson County.
Fight at STLCC — Meramec
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