Paul Krugman is right.

I believe Paul Krugman is right. September 11TH is painful reminder that the conservative ideology is dangerous. George W. Bush , Dick Cheney et al held and continue to hold on to the view of American exceptionalism.
As I watched the the second plan hit the World Trade Center I knew that the united states constitution was done for. The USA Patriot act, wire tapping of american citizen's phones, exposing the identity of a CIA agent, ignoring the FISA court, international treaties, torturing prisoners and rendition are all examples of a list of of losses that continues on and on.
I did not mention the loss of the many lives from that day or the those killed in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan and any other place we are fighting wars. To do so would support the justifications of the very people that use September 11TH to further destroy our hard won constitutional rights.
What we lost on that day was freedom. Plain and simple.

One year later.

Well it has been one year since I quit my job at the Saint Louis Science Center.
I took six months off before I looked for other employment. I worked in my studio most days, got out of bed when I wanted to etc. I will never again waste my time working at a place that has poor leadership nor will work for an abusive boss again.
Ten years is too long to learn the value of ones self. I will never make that mistake again.

Twelve Days

Has been twelve days since I quit my job. still getting used to it. Monday I start working in the studio.

Jobless by Choice

So as I wrote in my last post that I quit my job. I resigned at 4:00 P.M. on March 31st 2010. It felt weirdly good to leave on my own terms. When I told my supervisors supervisor that I was quitting he was shocked. I didn't tell my supervisor that I was leaving and I didn't give a two week notice either.
My supervisors supervisor ask if there was any reason why I was leaving. I told him the main reason was that my supervisor was my former intern and that I was the reason we hired him on after his internship and a short stint at a post facility. I had been there almost ten years and he had been there only about four years when he was promoted to supervise me. We are a two person department. I had never had a bad review and I didn't think it was fair that he was promoted over me. I have more experience in the field than he does and I have more education than he does. I even wrote him a good letter of recommendation after he left his internship to work at a post production facility. He worked at the post facility about six months and couldn't take it anymore and called me to see if we might be hiring. I said in fact we were looking to hire and I would recommend him for the job. I did and he was hired. Almost immediately he started to undermine me. etc blab blab.

Quit my job today.

I quit my job today. I worked at a museum for nine years and nine months. I quit durning the worst economic down turn since the depression.

crisp morning

Crisp morning commute. the ride to work as uneventful but that is good. no close calls or agressive drivers.

from bus to walking to bike.

I have not written for a very long time but I'm writing now.
several years ago I got sick of fixing junk cars to get around. I was spending major cash and depleting my bank account. I decided to start taking the public transportation. In Saint Louis public transportation sort of sucks. For starters there is not any 24 hour services. If you miss the last bus or train after midnight then you walk or take a cab. The last few years have seen service cuts and higher fares. So i ditched the bus and took to my feet for a couple years. Rain or snow or humid summer I was walking. I decided I needed to be able to get places a little faster so I bought a bike. I put one on layaway at (didn't know you could do that did you?) at Big Shark a great bike shop with very knowledgeable staff. Here is the link http://bigshark.com/ Check them out.
so i have been riding to and from work and around Saint Louis.
more later.