A day ago a really good friend of mine quit her job of the past five years â for perfectly good reasons, too. Not in the heat of the moment.
Sheâs going home to be a full-time mom for her two daughters. Her husband â despite the fact I gave him a copy of NBA Jam when it released â just finished his dissertation and has a job already lined up. They bought their first house this year; itâs not opulent, but theyâve put a ton of work into it and have really made their home something special.
Iâm as envious as I am amazed. Married in much better times, they rented some really tiny places but lived smartly and stayed within their means. Now when every couple is supposed to be dual-income, with someone working two jobs just to save a giant house they couldnât afford, my friends kick it old-school like Ward and June Cleaver.
Weâre not out of this, and I donât mean to suggest the good old days are coming back for everyone. But Iâm happy theyâre here for people I care about.
Some less cheerful news:
Idaho white separatist builds Ku Klux Klan snowman â I believe that speaks for itself.
When something like this happens, I think itâs safe to say the terrorists won the shit out of 9/11.
A New York University arts professor surgically installs a camera into the back of his head. Heâs Iraqi, too. Guess he doesnât want to fly anywhere soon.
