Daily Archives: 17 December, 2007

Payment, or Lack Thereof

One of the things I’ve noticed about having professional skills is that people seem to expect to be able to utilize them for free. This appears to be a common thing; my massage therapist friends always get asked for massages, my artist friends are constantly being asked for free work, a baker acquaintance is harassed

Oily Threads

An Icelandic citizen was held in shackles at immigration in New York because she overstayed a tourist visa…10 years ago. This treatment is unconscionable, and horrible. As others have pointed out, customs is a “do as you would be done to” kind of world, and if we’re going to treat people like this on shores,