Category: Words

TAKE ME HOME: What’s the cost of a San Francisco apartment?

The latest Zillow report shows median rent in San Francisco has hit $4,528, now the hottest and highest in the country. That makes our apartment, which we got using the methods in TAKE ME HOME, a mighty bargain only one year later. Looking for an apartment or house in a hot market? This $10 could… Continue reading TAKE ME HOME: What’s the cost of a San Francisco apartment?

Jules Predicts: Hillary’s Veep. Two down, two wrong.

So. I predicted Donald Trump would not pick a nationally known political figure, and he did. Then I predicted Hillary ‚Ķ see below. I thought she‚Äôd choose one of the Castro brothers or Cory Booker, thus sealing the Latino and/or Black vote. Instead, she picked a white guy, a moderate Democrat who‚Äôs well known and… Continue reading Jules Predicts: Hillary’s Veep. Two down, two wrong.

WRITER’S LIFEGUARD: WILL/WON’T WORK FOR FOOD

WILL/WON‚ÄôT WORK FOR FOOD [I wrote this in 2012. Now, examiner.com has suddenly and without any real advance notice to its “content providers,” closed up shop.] How is it, dear friends, that so many of us don’t just say no? We gnash and moan at the parlous, perilous, ever-worsening state of writing for pay‚Ķ and… Continue reading WRITER‚ÄôS LIFEGUARD: WILL/WON‚ÄôT WORK FOR FOOD