http://slate.me/2pVctXHPart of what I was counting on , when I decided to take the $100,000 USC plunge to grad school was the student loan forgiveness program for public sector workers. And it looks like that will be going up in smoke
Read More DeVos and my student loansNext we were picking oranges and ants dropped into her hair. This lice comb may be my favorite possession in the whole world. I am also so very grateful to be able to take a shower and at end of my personal hygiene needs. I do keep in mind all the people who do not […]
Read More The Lice CombNeeds an update. “14545 Lanark Street” has not been the Van Nuys DPSS office for over a year yet thos is the address the automated system gives out. 14545 Lanark St is an abandoned and boarded up building with homeless people living in the underground parking , or thos was true the last time […]
Read More DPSS Customer Service …This weekend is the Stamp Out Hunger , letter carriers food drive. Here are some tips to make your donations go as far as possible: It may be awhile before your food is sorted so please donate items that do not need to be refrigerated before being given out. Breakable items tend to break and […]
Read More Food Drive TipsI am at the Cathederal ofOur Lady of Angels on Temple Street in Los Angeles for a Los Angeles Country DMH mental health conference. First, as a happy little Methodist I must say that Catholic churches floor me. I was born in a hospital populated with Carmelite nuns. For years I thought of becoming a […]
Read More Spirituality and Mental Healthread the rest http://theoatmeal.com/comics/believe “This comic was inspired by this three-part series on the backfire effect from the You Are Not So Smart Podcast. If you want to learn more about the backfire effect and other related behaviors (confirmation bias, deductive reasoning, etc), I highly recommend listening to the whole thing: Podcast Part 1 – […]
Read More Core Beliefs, as illustrated by The OatmealEarlier this week I got an early morning text from one of my more interesting acquaintances. He wanted to know if I worked with the homeless population because he was interested in exploring involvement with these services. Happy dancing ensued. I have no rhythm so it was ugly – but joyful. About 4 years ago […]
Read More Goodness of Fit in VolunteeringAre tonight. Look at all these helpful people in one room!
Read More MEND Poverty’s Volunteer AwardsIn “the Bible Corrected by God” God is changing the captions of the rich to “poor” and vice versa. It was super windy in Los Angeles last night. The screen blue off of my bedroom window. As I walked across my front yard and then started trying to try to catch up with the tumbling […]
Read More Wealth vs Worth in 1 PictureLike Ohmigawd. I moved to The Valley permanently four years ago and it is a different world from where I grew up in the San Gabriel Valley or Downtown. It is a fun little read. https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/los-angeles/east-valley/things-you-don-t-understand-about-the-valley
Read More LA has multiple parts. Here is what you need to know about The Valley
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