Free to do in Los Angeles

Fun and cool LPA centric activities that anyone can enjoy! http://blogs.laweekly.com/arts/2013/11/free_things_to_do_hikes_bike_paths.php ♢♢♢personally I enjoy being a tourist in my own city and trying everything! Feel free to pick a few and join me!

My day at work

I don’t just do case management. I sometimes get to train. Sometimes my newly hired staff are certain that I am a idiot. Today , a lady let me know how little I knew.

Follow Up In Person

Don’t be lazy , because other people will match your effort. You can not manage your life with phone calls. Show up. It is so easy to pass the buck and blame someone else if you only make calls. No matter what you need , a sweater ordered from another store location , a donation […]

International bring your super loud family in Day … a frustrated rant

Today wasnt just Vinegar Day. Oh no. Somewhere a calendar named today " International Bring your Super Loud Family in Day". Or… more accurately. ..Pack Your Kids and Possibly All Of The People You Sat On the Bus With into my cubicle and the feed them candy. Next… fail to parent. Gain next level of […]

Victem or Victor

Hardships and obstacles suck. Hardships and obstacles do not define me. They don’t. I have faced , stared down and climbed over some icky stuff. That stuff is not how I am pigeon holed or defined by anyone. So it is with with a headache that I listen to people come to me and proudly […]

Tell Me Why You Are Great.

If we are friends : I can answer this for you. But, do you know your own strengths and weaknesses? This challenge is a combination of my case management technique and a reaction to internet memes asking me to name any accomplishment made by ——(fill in the blank , usually Hillary Clinton)—– in the last […]

Welfare and Hating Women

I came across an article today about a woman who was not working and had 4 children. Here’s the thing. If she were married to a rich man, no one would criticize her. If she were livinng off an inheritance, we would be cool with it. If she were the father, he would be called […]

Private Vocational Training vs. Public

@Ulaverne @LAMC_ASO @lavalleycollege sometimes private 4 year schools or community colleges are better values

We Need To Get a Few Details Straight on Welfare

What is with the hate? I am not sure that you and I are thinking of the same things when I talk about Welfare. I read all kinds of stupid and angry posts about Welfare Queens, and Lazy Dogs who don’t know their fathers applying and qualifying for welfare (No joke, my own Grandmother FaceBook Liked […]

Stop the Over-share

Imagine you are 30 feet away from a mother who is loudly crowing about her children services case and divorce and anxiety and sleep problems and how she wants to have SSI and how she won’t leave her teen boys in after school programs……..basically every reason she is indicating she won’t find a job or […]