Credit Repair and The Colors of Poverty
Well, so much for that Wednesday and Thursday off the last week in May. Actually, I did take that Wednesday off, so, my apologies for goofing off and not writing to you all back then.
As I usually do, when I think I'll have a break, I send out energy to the Universe that puts more work on the desk, and so it was this time. An established scholarly client (Russell Sage Foundation) sent me a book on the persistence of poverty being associated with certain racial/ethnic groups. Very complex factors go into all this, of course, some historical and cultural, still discrimination going on, but it's more subtle, things like that. And the scholars are still a bit befuddled, actually, particularly at how stubborn disadvantage is among African Americans. Lots of complex reasons that are hard to tease apart in order to identify policies that will work to help the situation. I've set this one down after getting about 100 pages indexed, though, because I received another job in the For Dummies series.
Credit Repair Kit For Dummies turned out to be a well-written explanation of how to avoid bad credit situations and how to get out of them once you're in. I certainly made mental note for my own purposes and will be going to monitor my credit reports (all three) when I get a chance. Done with that one today after about a week's worth of work, and thought I'd go back to the Color of Poverty, but, no.
Another For Dummies book came in with a shorter deadline. This one's about intellectual property rights (you know, patents, copyrights, trademarks and such). Just got started this evening, but now my eyes and butt are getting tired in this sitting position, so off to relax.
I did get the last couple of weekends off, though, both days. So that was very cool. Started on a bedroom painting project and got back to my piano.
Later!
As I usually do, when I think I'll have a break, I send out energy to the Universe that puts more work on the desk, and so it was this time. An established scholarly client (Russell Sage Foundation) sent me a book on the persistence of poverty being associated with certain racial/ethnic groups. Very complex factors go into all this, of course, some historical and cultural, still discrimination going on, but it's more subtle, things like that. And the scholars are still a bit befuddled, actually, particularly at how stubborn disadvantage is among African Americans. Lots of complex reasons that are hard to tease apart in order to identify policies that will work to help the situation. I've set this one down after getting about 100 pages indexed, though, because I received another job in the For Dummies series.
Credit Repair Kit For Dummies turned out to be a well-written explanation of how to avoid bad credit situations and how to get out of them once you're in. I certainly made mental note for my own purposes and will be going to monitor my credit reports (all three) when I get a chance. Done with that one today after about a week's worth of work, and thought I'd go back to the Color of Poverty, but, no.
Another For Dummies book came in with a shorter deadline. This one's about intellectual property rights (you know, patents, copyrights, trademarks and such). Just got started this evening, but now my eyes and butt are getting tired in this sitting position, so off to relax.
I did get the last couple of weekends off, though, both days. So that was very cool. Started on a bedroom painting project and got back to my piano.
Later!
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