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Scratch Beginnings1 comment

somegraphx wrote 3 months ago: Me, $25, and the search for the American dream, by Adam Shepard. So this isn’t my usual entry. … more →

Tags: writing, Book Reviews, Book Review, Minimum Wage, barbara ehrenreich, Nickel and Dimed: On Not Getting By in America, Scratch Beginnings: Me $25 and the search for the Ameri

The American 'middle class' in shambles?

wa4zko wrote 7 months ago: Friend sent me this video. Please take the time to watch it and make of it what you wish: I recently … more →

Tags: Politics, Finances, Economy, middle class, Personal Finances, John Stossel, barbara ehrenreich

Scratch Beginnings

slaterradio wrote 9 months ago: Adam Shepard, author of Scratch Beginnings, talked with the SlaterRaiders this morning (a perfect en … more →

Tags: Scratch Beginnings

Anything You Can't Do, I Can Do Easy2 comments

Billie wrote 10 months ago: Yet another entry in the Bootstrap Journal of Superiority (via Andrew Sullivan): The picture above i … more →

Tags: Economics, Wal-Mart, wage workers, Minimum Wage

#9 go for broke

andrew wrote 1 year ago: There comes a times in a young person’s life to rid themselves of all material goods and asset … more →

Tags: character, Christopher McCandless, Go For Broke, Scratch Beginnings

Anything You Can't Do, I Can Do Easy2 comments

Elizabeth wrote 1 year ago: So, this is annoying: Can you still make it from scratch in America? That’s the question that … more →

Tags: Feminism, Politics, Books, Humor, rants, Misanthropy, People, drugs, Privilege

Poor people are poor because they have bad attitudes. Huh?2 comments

haley1018 wrote 1 year ago: Kayla Walker at Campus Progress has a great review of the book Scratch Beginnings, in which some pri … more →

Tags: Literature, Privilege, poverty, Classism, Scratch Beginnings, Kayla Walker, inequality, Arrogance, Privilege Soaked Social Experiments

Chasing the American Dream with $251 comment

ros2379 wrote 1 year ago: Chasing the American Dream with $25 How’s this for a crazy idea: a guy moves to a randomly selected … more →

Tags: Art, Literature & Culture, Scratch Beginnings

Williamsburg Whirlwind5 comments

curlywurlygurly wrote 1 year ago: I’m finally home after a whirlwind trip down to Williamsburg, VA.  The weather down there was … more →

Tags: Travel, Life, Humor, Road Trip, colonial williamsburg, Virginia, Scratch Beginnings, garmin nuvi

Ah, Italiano! Lunetta: A [food] lover's paradise

Christopher wrote 1 year ago: Looking for a great place to eat this weekend? Keep reading. Lunetta is one of New York’s best kept … more →

Tags: New York, Reviews, Food, Edge, Biodynamic, Brooklyn, Christopher de la Torre, Cuisine, del.icio.us

On Adam Shepard2 comments

range wrote 1 year ago: I wrote this aside about Adam Shepard: Adam Shepard spent 10 months in South Carolina starting out w … more →

Tags: Education, Québec, ESL, language, French, Canada, English, Learning, Essay

Welcome to the American Dream1 comment

M. wrote 1 year ago: In response to Barbara Ehrenreich’s “Nickeled and Dimed,” a recent college graduat … more →

Tags: taxes, american dream, poverty

Building A Life From 25$

range wrote 1 year ago: Adam Shepard spent 10 months in South Carolina starting out with 25$. His goal: to buy a car, rent a … more →

Tags: politics-social-racism, Asides, Social, kottke, South Carolina

He'll never live like common people

ludditeandroid wrote 1 year ago: http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0211/p13s02-wmgn.html He had a gym bag, $25, and little else. [...] He … more →

Tags: Socioeconomic Class, South Carolina, Pulp, Thorstein Veblen, CLASS MARKERS, Slumming It

What your saying is that you don't have to be homeless if you don't want too?

hiddenident wrote 2 years ago: Twenty-three year old Adam Shepard is a man I who’s hand I would like to shake. Why? Because h … more →

Tags: News, Charleston, Homeless


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