The Man From Mars - Episode Forty One

   The three Filipina women, the Filipino man, and myself, all look to Tiny for guidance.
   I had just gotten out of the restroom of this so called safe house, when the Filipino guy came running into our room stating, "They're here."
   With the three women now looking around and holding butcher knives, Tiny gives orders in Tagalog.
   "Ladies, tapusin na sa paglilinis ng silid at sa iyo, kumuha ng sasakyan ko handa."
   (Ladies, finish cleaning up the room, and you get my car ready.)
   The newcomer, who had given Tiny the information, jackrabbits out of the room once he hears his orders. The three ladies go back to finishing up their cleaning and bagging up the dead body.
   Then, Tiny tightly grabs me by my upper arm, and starts dragging me out of the bedroom, down a flight of stairs, through the enfilade, and finally into the garage with a waiting, running, Mercedes-Benz SL 65 AMG inside.
   The whole time I am yelling through the pain, "I can walk you know."

   The Filipino man was inside the garage, holding the driver's door open, so Tiny could get in as quickly as possible.
   He did this, after tossing me to the passenger side of the car, like a rag doll, saying with gritted teeth, "Hurry up and get in."
   His demeanor showed me that the situation must be dire, so I did as he said.
   Before I had my seat-belt on, and with the garage door swiftly going up, we were off. Almost clipping the top of the Mercedes with the bottom of the door as it went upwards.
   Tiny was not about to waste any precious time.
   No sooner did the front of the car peak it's nose past the front of the garage, did a hail of bullets start pounding every inch of the vehicle.
   The end of the driveway was blocked off by two huge black SUVs, and I could clearly see through bullet proof glass that, that was where the machine gun fire was coming from.
   With the sounds ricocheting pings ringing in my ears, I realized what I was thinking.
   Machine gun fire?
   My mind had turned this scenario into a nineteen-twenties gangster movie to help me cope with the situation.
   I'm sure these guys were professional mercenaries. Carrying the latest assault rifles. Maybe the Singapore Bullpup Combat Rifle or the Heckler & Koch HK416. Something with a lot more bite to it then the old Thompson machine gun.
   Yet nothing happened to us. The Mercedes just kept rolling along.
   We get halfway down the driveway, and with Tiny never taking his foot off the accelerator, he veers to our right, through a line of huge Mesquite Texas trees. With the lower outlining branches already trimmed for a tunnel effect, I would assume, for just such an occasion.
   So no branches would be in our way.
   Not that they would impede our progress if assault riffles couldn't. They were probably trimmed so they wouldn't be a distraction on a getaway.
   I took a look to my left and saw a line of five men, now on the other side of the two vehicles, rapid firing in our direction. I didn't see any bullets ricocheting off the windows any longer, so my best guess is, they were trying to shoot out the tires.
   But we just kept moving speedily away. Bouncing up and down, as we rode over the roots of trees, which were sticking slightly up out of the ground. 
   Tiny veers to his right once more, aiming for an open area past the prearranged planted line of trees.
   We were about to reach a crest of a small hill, where I couldn't see what is on the other side, so I panicked and yelled, "Tiny!" With all the trepidation and fear I could muster in my voice.
   I should have known Tiny knew what he was doing. Maybe practicing this escape route on more than one occasion.
   After jumping the small hill, where as, we maybe only got off the ground an inch or two, we land on the far end of a small airport's runway. Again, with Tiny never taking his foot off the accelerator.
   "Not another puking helicopter ride?" I ask anxiously.
   He never had time to answer my question, because, by the time I was finished asking it, we are already sliding up, next to a Global 8000 Bombardier Aircraft. With the jet engines already running of course.
   I knew what type of craft it was, because of the big letters telling me so, painted up and down the rudder.
   We hop out of the car, run up the lowered staircase, with Tiny barking orders for me to strap myself in, while he goes forward to the cockpit.
   The private jet starts moving slowly forward, with the pilot angling the plane straight down the runway. Then the G forces hit me hard, pushing me back hard against my seat, as we start to takeoff.
   I do have enough strength in my neck and enough time to look out my passenger side window.
   Before we get too far away from the Mercedes, I see the same Filipino man hopping inside and driving off in the opposite direction.
   To no one in particular, I say to myself, "He has to be a twin brother!"

To Be Continued.....

Hopefully Next Week.

This is,

Noticing I Don't Recover From Surgery

Like I Used To

When I Was Young,

Jim Hauenstein,

And,

“Ever seen a bullet-smashed windscreen? The hole at the center becomes an eye. You see less through it but you gain focus, a sharpness.”
- Bilal Tanweer, -

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By Jove

By

Jove,

I think the

Science Community

has finally got it.

What am I talking about?

I am talking about

Dark Matter

and

Dark Energy.

 I wrote the short story

A-L-I-V

back in the middle of

2015,

but didn't

Post

the story on this

Blog

until

May 29th, 2016.

It quickly became my most read story that I have ever written,

and continues to average over

35 Views

per day.

What is interesting about my story is the fact that I use the analogy of

Piano Strings,

which are side by side,

to describe my version of

String Theory.

Where

Gravitational Forces

from one

Meta-Universe

effects its neighboring

Universes.

With each

Universe

affecting the

Multi-Verse

 on either side of it.

The

New Theory,

recently proposed,

is describing

Dark Matter

and

Dark Energy

as possibly

Gravatons

overlapping our

Universe

from other

Multi-Verses

on either side of us.

As in

String Theory.

 I really need to update that part of my story so it sounds little more accurate with the new

Theory

of today.

But if you have read it,

you will see how my story proposed the theory

Three Years Ago.

Talking about getting lucky!

This is,

Feeling Lucky!

Maybe I Should Go To A Casino?

Naaahhhhh.

Jim Hauenstein,

And,

“String theory makes sense to me because the universe is a symphony that creates harmony with the vibration of our strings.”
- Kamand Kojouri -

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Stepping Further

This is my complimentary
Post
to yesterday's
Post.
Dated
July 11th, 2015
called
One Step Further.

*****
In my previous
Post,

I mentioned how people who can afford to pay for items should.

Yes,
I do live by this policy.

Let me clarify something first.

I no longer have the urge to own everything I see!

Example;
So far this year,
I have only bought one
Hard Cover Book.

And that was a present to some really good friends of mine.

Today,
I go to the
Library
to check out
the books I'm interested in
or download a
Magazine,
Comic Book,
Audio Book,
or other reading material on my
"Nook."

I have bought only one
CD
this year.
Because I can select the kind of music I want to listen to on programs like
"Pandora"
or
"I Heart Radio."

(There are dozens of free programs out there.)

But,
for
Movies,
I believe the
"Theater Experience"
brings a certain kind of entertainment all its own.

I saw
"The Avengers; Age of Altron,"
in 3D.

I enjoy the sight
and sounds of a movie in the theater.

I still rent
DVDs
from
"Red Box."

Because of the experience of sitting with my whole family
and watching a movie together.

I pay for
Netflix,
Hulu Plus,
and
Amazon Instant Video
so my family can watch movies
and
TV Shows
when they want to.

Not only the newest shows,
but shows from years gone by that we can experience again together.

I record sporting events on my
HD DVR Recorder,
so I can pause,
rewind,
fast forward,
and finish watching a two to three hour event in three to four sittings.

Of course,
I could use a
"Torrent" 
and get everything for free,
but then I would be missing out on all these
Sensory Experiences,
with my family,
on all these different types of formats.

Which the new technologies bring to my
Reading Materials.
Listening to
Music.
Watching
TV Shows.
And the
Movie Experience.

If I couldn't afford it,
I wouldn't be doing it.

What is money for?
It's to help make your
Life Easier,
Happier,
and
Healthier.

Other than that,
I see no use for it.

So as long as I can afford to do these things which make my life more enjoyable,
I'll keep on doing them.

This is,
My Actions Speak Louder Than My Words,
Jim Hauenstein,

And,

“All our desires are desires of the soul, ultimately. Though they look like desires of our mental or sensory state.”
- Munindra Misra, -

That is my story and I am sticking to it!

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I Still Believe

I still believe in my
Post
from
July 10th, 2015
called
One Small Step For Man, And A Giant Leap For Mankind

*****
In the past,
I have stated my dislike for
"Copyright Laws."

I believe it infringes on the needs of the
Lower Income Populace
of this
World.
They don't have the same freedoms,
or choices,
to better themselves as the
Rich
have.

So I am here to tell you that there are a lot of good websites out in this
World
where anyone can use
Free Open Source Programs,
get
Free Schematics On Hardware,
and even get help,
Monetarily,
to
Start A Business,
Produce Music,
Publish A Book,
or do just about anything that is a legitimate idea for people to rally around.
That is not a scam.

Spike Lee
has used the website
"Kickstarter"
to fund his projects,
and the 2014 movie,
Veronica Mars,
was completely funded by crowd sourcing this way.

A really beautiful story is about,
what happened to the Washington area
Girl Scouts
when they received a $100,000.00 donation earlier this year.

After the jubilation died down
and they read the fine print from the donor,
the
Girl Scouts
gave the money back.

The donor stipulated that if they couldn't guarantee that the money would not be used to support transgender girls,
they had to give it back.

Which they did.

Instead of wallowing in self pity,
the
Washington Girl Scouts
told their story on the
Crowd-Source Funding Platform, 
"Indiegogo." 
To try
and raise back that $100,000.00 dollars.

I haven't followed the story the past couple of weeks,
but checking the
Indiegogo
website today,
the
Girl Scouts
have raised over
$332,237.00 Dollars.

See how good people can be,
especially when fighting against
Stupid Prejudice People.

I started out talking about
Copyright Laws
and was side tracked by what good people can do,
and have done,
for each other on the internet.

If you are interested in helping others
or have a project needing funding,
on any search engine,
type in:
Websites Like Indiegogo,
or
Kickstarter.
You will find that there are over fifty such websites where people will donate money for a good cause.

The reason I brought up the
Copyright Law
in the first place is because of the good news about the founders of
"Pirate Bay."

One of the largest
Torrent
sites of all time.

Copyright Lawyers
have gone after the
Founders 
of this site for years,
but as of today,
they have been cleared of all
Criminal Infringement
and abuse of
Electronic Communications Charges
in a
Belgian Court.

TorrentFreak  
reported this story,
and is one of my favorite websites for all my
Torrent News.

I recommend them.

This is great news for
Torrent Users
and bad news for
Corporate Greed.

People have asked me,

"Jim, you want to publish your book, how do you expect to make any money if our current Copyright Laws don't protect you?"

My answer is,

"Morally, if a person can afford to pay for my book, he should. The rich don't need to get my book for free, they can afford it. And it certainly won't hurt their pocket book either. But, I believe, the poor should have the same right to enjoy whatever I've written."

That is one of the reasons I sell my book
No Return Address
for only 99 cents.

So everyone has the chance to read it,
if they want to.
In the future,
God
willing,
if my books are good enough to end up in the
Public Libraries,
I will be very pleased.
Because,
everyone will have a chance to read them for free.

That is my goal.

This is,
 If My Book Does Make Any Money,
All The Proceeds Will Go To Publishing My Next Book,
Jim Hauenstein,

And,

“My problem isn’t piracy, it’s obscurity.”
- Cory Doctorow, -

That is my story and I am sticking to it!

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I Am Back, Just For A Minute

I am sorry that I haven't been writing on my

Blog

lately.

First,

I took a week off for a much needed

Vacation

and now,

I am in recovery.

I had

Surgery

on

Tuesday

and will be recovering for about a week

or so.

Please,

keep checking back because I will be writing as soon as I feel up to it.

In the mean time catch up on all the material I have on this

Blog.

This is,

Extremely Tired

And Sore,

Jim Hauenstein,

And,

“Cutting out bad habits is far more effective than cutting out organs.”
- Herbert M. Shelton, -

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Parallel World Series Collectable Cards

   I have been saving collectable cards since I can remember.
   I was at a Catholic Grade School in my youth and during recess, I would be flipping cards, calling out heads or tails to win more of those collectables from my fellow classmates.
   You see, two people would flip at the same time. With the winner of the previous contest, or the owner of the most cards, which usually meant me, yelling out if the cards needed to flip up heads together, tails together, or land opposite of each other.
   Of course the side, of one of these cards, with a face on it, was heads. And all of the stats and accomplishments of the player on that card would be considered tails.
   So, instead of waiting for my monthly allowance of five-dollars, where I could go to the local candy store and purchase a pack of five cards with a large stick of gum inside for only fifty cents, I became a catholic school boy hustler.
   I wanted them all. These collectable cards represented to me, the finest human beings this world had to offer. All Heroes in the Major Leagues. The best of the best.
   That school yard hustle couldn't last forever though. I got older.
   I started using the duplicates I collected over the years to swap out for cards I didn't own. Because, even though I had over a thousand cards by the time I was fifteen years old, the games of the Major Leagues never stopped being played.
   There was always more games to be won, by new players all the time.
   The cards I collected as a kid were worth a lot today, especially to a rich collector. Because, just like in all walks of life, some players died young, some were released because of a scandal, and the lucky ones got old enough to retire. So, once you are out of the Major Leagues, they no longer print up any more cards with your face on it.
    And everyone likes to collect players from the past over today's players because they still need to prove their greatness.
    Oh, sure. Once in awhile, one of the big printing companies will come out with an anniversary pack, of some of the major players of a historical event. But, having an original card, of any of those players being repackaged, in today's market, could be worth millions of dollars if you were lucky enough to have the right one.
   As it turns out, that by my mid twenties, I had a few lucky ones. Duplicates. Nothing in the million dollar range. Just appraised high enough that I was able to have extra cash and go to a few Collector Conventions. Haggling my way into swapping or buying, at a discount, a few cards not in my personal collection.
   When I became a businessman I made my fortune in real estate by the time I was fifty years old. Then, buying the most hard to find cards became my obsession.
   But that leads me to today. Why we are all gathered here.
   I am announcing, that I will be donating my entire collection to the Smithsonian Institution. All one hundred thousands cards in my collection.
   Even the last remaining card of Sargent Alvin York from World War One. One of the three remaining cards of First Lieutenant Audie Murphy from World War Two. Cards of General John Joseph Pershing, General Douglas MacArthur, General William Westmoreland, General H Norman Schwarzkopf, and so on.
   Cards of every President running our Major League Clubs to victory and the only President to lose a War to a Minor League Club. President Nixon and Vietnam.
   I hope generations of children will come to the Smithsonian, to be witness, to some of the greatest players to play in our five major league clubs. The Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and the Coast Guard!

This is,

Saying In A Parallel Universe

Children Collect Cards Of War Heroes

Not Baseball Players

Jim Hauenstein

And

“Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They are just braver 5 minutes longer.”
- Ronald Reagan -

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Four Hair Raising Stories While I Am On Vacation

You might be wondering where I have been for  the last few days.

Well,

I knew my daughter was coming from

San Antonio, Texas

to

Temecula, California

on

Saturday,

bringing my grandson with her.

I figured it would take her about two days to get here.

What I didn't know was,

that she was going to drive straight through,

nonstop!

It took her

Nineteen Hours

of driving.

With stops along the way,

only to get gas,

eat,

bathroom breaks,

and take power naps.

So,

unfortunately for my readers,

but fortunately for me,

I will be on vacation the rest of this week to be with my family.

I do have four stories to tell you before I go.

Four stories that will make the hair on the back of your neck stand up.

Four hair raising stories of being a

Lift Driver!

Da da daaaaaa!

The first is,

I never want to be put in this kind of situation ever again!

I get a call one day, for a ride, from Temecula to Menifee. Which is about a 25 minute ride in heavy traffic. The ride had two stops. One at Carl's Jr. in Menifee, and then a return ride home to Temecula. I figured that was a long way for a burger, since there are about four of the burger joints on the way. But it was his money, so, what the hey. We get to the parking lot and the guy says, "Just wait hear." A couple of minutes later, a black Cadillac pulls up and the guy says, "I'll be right back." He gets out of my car, then jumps into the front of the Cadillac and starts talking to the driver. He takes about five minutes and then he is back in my car. Even I know this is a DRUG DEAL and I never want to be put into that situation again!

Did I just help someone's

TV Show?

I get this call, to stop at a house in Temecula. When I get there, this guy comes running out with a Teleprompter and says, "My brother needs this right away." I asked, "Who is the passenger?" And he says, "Just the teleprompter." So, I'm all by myself, driving a teleprompter from Temecula, California to Carlsbad, California which is a hour drive in light traffic. When I get to this secluded gated community, I call the guy I am supposed to drop off the teleprompter to. He lets me in, and when I arrive, he is outside his house waiting for me. I tell him, "He wasn't much of a conversationalist." The guy starts laughing and says, "I bet he is a good tipper though." You can guess the rest.

Another story of the

Inanimate.

I get a call one Sunday, to go out to Wine Country for a ride. I get to this guy's house, where upon, he calls me up on his cellphone and asks me to come up to his front door. It is an unusual request, except for people who have some kind of handicap. I am always willing to help, so I go to his front door. When I get there, he opens it up, and I can see people lying on chairs, couches, and the floor. He says, "Can you drive to the nearest store, that sells plungers, and pick one up for me? Here is twenty dollars. Buy anykind you want and keep the change." I asked, "What about the ride? Is somebody coming with me?" He says, "No. Just come back with the plunger and you can have the fare and the change from the twenty dollars." So I go to a store, buy the cheapest $4 dollar plunger I can find, and with the fare, made $35 bucks for my troubles. It must have been some party!

 Well,

I thought it was funny.

One morning I get a call from someone who lives on the Pechanga Indian Reservation. Out here, in California, Pechanga is one of the richest Indian Reservation around because of how well its Casino is doing. Nowadays, you just can't drive onto the reservation grounds without stopping at a Guard Shack to get a pass. I arrive at the guard shack and the officer on duty asks for my driver's license. Without looking, I pull out, what I think is my license and hand it over to him. He looks at me and asks, "What's this?" I had just handed over my Credit Card to him. So I say, while smiling, "I'm sorry. I wasn't trying to bribe you or anything." He didn't think it was very funny but still gave me the pass to get on the Reservation. No sense of humor I guess?

This is,

Hoping You Will Check Out Some Of My Older Posts,

Music Videos,

My Weekly Serial,

Short Stories & Flash Fiction,

A Novelette,

 True Life Stories,

And Everything Else This Blog Has To Offer While I'm Gone,

Jim Hauenstein,

And,

“The reason I talk to myself is, because I’m the only one whose answers I will accept.”
- George Carlin -

That is my story and I am sticking to it!

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Listening Courageously

I was listening to

Rudyard Kipling's

Captains Courageous

in my car today,

while I was waiting for my son to get out of school.

I have this new app called

Overdrive 

which is associated with the

County of Riverside Library System.

It's a great app for taking out

eBooks

and

MP3 Recordings

from your favorite

Library.

And,

just like taking out a regular book from your

Library,

you can get these

eBooks

and

MP3s

for a two week period.

My only problem is,

most of the

eBooks

and

MP3s

are geared for

Young Adults.

Stuff like the

Twilight

and

The Hunger Games

series of books.

So I went to my local

Library

to ask,

"What I can do?"

The lady behind the help desk told me to get a

Library Card

from all the surrounding

Counties

and your selection will quadruple!

So that is my goal.

Of course,

there are many apps out there that offer audio-books,

but all the free books are dated.

If you want anything new,

you have to pay for them.

And if you know me,

I only like

Free Stuff.

Case in point.

I am listening to

Captains Courageous.

This is,

 Cannot Find The Time To Read?

Listen Courageously

To An Audio-Book,

Jim Hauenstein,

And,

“Where are the fish, though?"
"In the sea they say, in the boats we pray," said Dan, quoting a fisherman's proverb.
- Rudyard Kipling, -

That is my story and I am sticking to it!

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Five Best Posts Of January, 2018

I cannot believe it's

March

already,

2018!

February is such a short month that it feels like the year is flying by.

Normally,

I would have done the

Five Best Post Of January, 2018

on the last day of

February,

but it went by so fast that I completely forgot to do it.

So I don't bore you to death any longer with my winded verbiage,

here are

The Five Best Posts Of January, 2018!

Yeah!

Ladies & Gentlemen!

It's a tie!

The Fifth Best Posts Of The Month Of January, 2018 Are:

The Man From Mars

Episode Thirty Two 

and

Episode Thirty Four

My continuing Serial of the trials and tribulations of my main character, George, and what he goes through when he is given an amulet from a man claiming to be from Atlantis. Or, as George quickly learns, a man claiming to be from Mars. In Episode Thirty Four there is a mention of a Paul Cézanne painting.

 

The Fourth Best Post Of The Month Of January Is:

The Fuhrer's Medallion

Chapter One

The first chapter of an eBook I am about to publish. Hoping I can entice readers to purchase the book for 99 cents after reading the first two chapters.

The Third Best Best Post Of January Is:

The Man From Mars

Episode Thirty Three

Again, the continuing saga of the hero of the story, George, and what he has to go through, while learning what kind of power the amulet holds. Who his allies are and who are his enemies.

The Second Best Post Of January Is:

Internationally Commenting

My reply to some of the Comments left behind on some of my Posts. Mostly people who like to back-end their Comments with advertisements, but still, at least people from other countries are looking at what I write.

The Number One Best Post Of The Month Of January, 2018 Is:

Marriage Proposal

My futuristic look at marriages and how they will only happen with a Prenuptial Contract, not only dividing personal property between a couple, but for how many years the couple will stay wed. With a twist at the end of course.

There you have it,

The Five Best Posts Of The Month.

This is,

Noticing A Trend Where People Are Reading My Stories

And Caring About My Political Views,

Jim Hauenstein,

And,

“Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it DESERVES IT!”
- Mark Twain -

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Being Important

This still holds true today as it did on
July 9th, 2015
Post
called
Be Important.
*****
Today,
I awoke from my afternoon beauty sleep,
or nap,
with the television on.

When my brain cleared the haze it was in,
I noticed a commercial about an
"Online South Carolina College,"
and their statement,
which I'll quote,
since it sounds so official if you quote something
or someone,

"America was built by people with a good education and hard work."

Or something like that.

According to

Randye Hoder,

from

Time Magazine's

website,

here comes another quote,

"The job market is, after all, awfully tough. Just this month the Federal Reserve Bank of New York released a study showing that “recent graduates are increasingly working in low-wage jobs or working part-time, if they’re lucky enough to find work at all."

More quoting.

"The bright spot, according to the Fed analysis, is for students who majored in STEM — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — areas in which recent graduates “have tended to do relatively well, even in today’s challenging labor market."

Wasn't it just about 5 years ago that the
"Fed"
said that the job market was opening up for
Graduates
in the
Service Industries?

Especially the
Dental
and
Medical fields?

The job market changes constantly over the years as the
World Economy
changes it needs.

The
Industrial Revolution
has been over for decades
and anyone who believes he
or she can find a job,
keep a job,
and work at a job for
40 to 45 years then retire,
is poorly informed about society today.

Plan on having 5 to 10 jobs in your lifetime.

Everything from working at a
Mini-Mart,
to a
Fast Food Franchise,
to eventually landing a job in the field that you graduated college for.

But the process doesn't stop there.

You need to make yourself more important,
to the company you work for,
in the field you work in,
and for any future economic
or social changes,
that could enhance your field of expertise.
Or,
stay ahead of the curve,
in case someone decides to eliminate the field you're working in.

This applies to any job at any level.

From the
Mechanic,
to the
Lawyer.
It doesn't matter.
You need to keep on learning.

"The top One Percent, who control over a third of the Wealth in this Country, according to the Federal Reserve in an article by Dave Roos on the website HowStuffWorks, sees the influx of young, energetic, new employees as a way of trimming salaries by firing long time productive workers and hiring these newbies at a lower wage.They will trim the fat, as they say, by overhauling employees from middle management on down to the part time employee who has accumulated vacation time, a wage increase, and have a chance of being vested where you get a retirement plan because you worked at a place for so many years."

The best example of how corporate greed has figured out how to circumvent paying benefits to employees
or even paying their fair share to the
State Unemployment Fund 
is a company called
Domino's Pizza Inc.

They will hire 30 part-time employees at a time,
give them about 10 hours of work per week,
and after three to four months,
fire that group so they don't have enough accumulated time,
under State law,
to collect unemployment!

In my opinion,
and I lived by this motto,
keep learning new things by going to school no matter what age you are.
Stay ahead of the game as far as your chosen field is concerned,
by learning what is on the horizon for that field.
Keep updating your resume.
Even while you are when working.
Look for a higher paying job elsewhere that you feel would suit your needs better.
Be an innovator,
and never fall into complacency.

Remember,
there are always 10 new college grads eager for your job!

This is,
I Know,
It Is Easy For Me To Say Because I Am Retired.
Jim Hauenstein,

And,

"One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain."

- Bob Marley -

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