Grandpa got kicked out of the Library

I'm home for Thanksgiving at the snack table.

My Grandpa has volunteered for his local library for the past seven years.  Apparently several months ago the library told him that all of the volunteers are being let go.

What?

They went on to tell him that the unions are pissed because the volunteers are taking their jobs. I find this ironic because this Grandfather worked for Ford his entire life.  Ah unions...

So now my Grandpa, who is not good at being retired (who is?), can't look forward to his Mondays at the library. 

But the worse part of this little Turkey Day snack time story is that my Grandpa was the one who volunteered to do the outbound delivery service for the library.  So now all those cute little old women and house bound old OLD men don't have good ol' Grandpa to come in and listen to their stories and deliver them their books. 

So now when Grandpa goes to the library and everyone yells out "Hey Lloyd!" he does it to "go be a patriot and read in the corner."

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Rap Poem

Look everyone my addiction to horrible improv rap is catching on;

dear a.hough,
yo!
i miss you like whoa...
where did you go?
i just feel so low
from my head to my toe
i would pay any amount of dough
or even make up with my foe
or let you date joe
a million lawns i'd even mow (manual labor = ew)
or read edgar ellan poe
and get in a row
with rachel zoe
just to know
that we'd go back to status quo.
because i miss you so!
no?

-from my fan Christine from Chicago

Money

Per this crazy economy I thought that it was about time I look at my Yodlee account. Ah! The Rollover and the Roth have been higher... But, I mainly wanted to see how I was doing as a poor starving art student. Not surprisingly the only month in 2008 that my income is above my expense is July (remember "No Spend July"). When you're looking at the chart keep in mind I'm a student and no job... So, yah I think I'm doing pretty well. Especially for the second most expensive city to live in.

Would love to see the green line sky rocket north. Till then it's more Tina's burritos.. ugh I just want sushi and champagne.