Open Thread

So hard to find her way
Now that she’s all on her own.
She missed rent just the other day,
To the curb, she got thrown!
Bounced her check to the Evil Landlord,
Sometime she’s overcome thinking about
Posting online with her brown cats
Behind the Armory
And you, my Crown Heights girl,
You, my Crown Heights girl.

Well, tybur, that could lead to an interesting, but highly rancorous discussion of what a person’s worth is in today’s society. The people who get to be the arbiters in this discussion are usually those somewhere on top. Is that fair? Is education “worth” more than experience? Is one’s usefulness to society a higher calling than the sheer abiltity to command a make money? Why shouldn’t a craftsman, who trains, then apprentices for years before going from journeyman to craftsman, be paid as highly as someone who goes through his family or school connections, and lands a high paying job for which he has no experience, or even aptitude? Who is meeting the needs of the greater community more, a seamstress or a CEO? Why do insurance companies have tables that can pin down your worth, so that in a lawsuit claiming damages, they can claim a 64 year old teacher is “worth” less than a 24 year old graduate student? Is “worth” only in dollars, or jobs or in total life experience?

Sorry, pretty heavy for a Friday.

THL, food and spas are pretty good in Montreal too. cant say they’re better than Vegas though

Ok- I can lower my standards, chicken 😉 (Can I get that in royal purple?)