In Search of Understanding

Inviting @Liz_Cheney, @senFeinstein, @RuchLimbaugh, @BarackObama to try the Water Boarding we are all talking about. I will do it with you.

The Living Wage

Mary Poppins Quits with Kristen Bell: http://youtu.be/TlTO8ggfes8

Is the wind slipping in your window

And the rain slapping the sides of your home? At least you have a home, so there’s that. I’m up ND thinking about my tent dwellers and sidewalk sleepers. California has been having a drought and I don’t know how prepared the homeless were for the rain. Hopefully everyone found a winter shelter.

Today at work

Today I have spent more time reconnecting phone lines and repairing hardware issues( for other workers) than doing anything else. I did have that quick moment where I ran home to get my own cell phone – but apparently I can be trusted with technologies that belong to other people

I left my phone at home

In case of an emergency , call my office or google message or email me at SonyaKeith *sigh

Are You Ready to Work?

A few places to start your Job Search

Keeping the Humanity

Keeping the humanity in human services is something every newbie thinks is obvious and every veteran worker knows is nigh on impossible. A thousand times an hour I find myself thinking things like 1. Cheater cheater, pumpkin eater 2. I’d never do what you’re doing 3. You aren’t trying get hard enough 4. Quit whining […]

My stoic coworker just hugged me

"I’m going to give you a hug. It will probably be the first and last hug I give anyone here. " Ummmm, okay 1. In case you’re wondering, Ro smells delicious. 2. These last two hours were spent in fruitless labor with people who take more than I do and surprisingly at a higher volume. […]

Learning to be Housed

” How important is it that I pay rent ?”. As jaw droppingly stupid as hearing those words from someone who is expecting a new car tomorrow is – I heard them last night. Often homelessness is caused – not by lack of resources- but by the unwise spending of resources. (Gas to go far […]

I want a #BlackOut

I want a day where no black person shows up to work. #BlackOut