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Baggin’ Groceries – Becoming Johnny Carson

Early in my junior year of high school it became clear that I had to find a job.  I was hired by the local Albertson’s supermarket as a bagboy.  It was difficult to transition from intensely shy,  reclusive kid into a public figure with multiple responsibilities.  A bagboy is front and center with the public [...]

2010 03 02 Jim Comments (1)

Bum’s Rush

I am perplexed by our national religion of appearing to be busy. Our bankers, insurance executives, congressman, senators and mortgage brokers were filling their lives with “New York Minutes” for a decade while undermining our economy.  We would have been better served by an honest group of casual and copacetic lingerers who slowly but constructively [...]

2010 02 21 Jim Comments (0)