Here’s what a reasonable rule for employee purchases would look like: Stealing from the company is grounds for termination. It’s […]
Kamala Harris is out
So Kamala Harris dropped out of the 2020 primary race this week, and good riddance. Manistream speculation seems to be […]
About that last featured image
The featured image for my recent post griping about overly marked $20 bills used this image, which I found on […]

On marking bills
Speaking of using cash as an advertisement, I took in a $20 bill the other day that had Harriet Tubman’s […]
Two candidates, Steve Bullock and Joe Sestak, have dropped out of the Democratic presidential primary. Here are some links to […]
Coworker profile: the cashier of tomorrow
Because sometimes it isn’t a customer, manager, or suit making my job less bearable… I was working five nights a […]
There’s a strip club in town that gives $2 bills to its customers. The strippers then spend them, and the […]
Bangor’s upcoming Styrofoam ban (and how little good it’ll do)
Buried deep within the BDN’s triumphal celebration of compliance with Bangor’s upcoming Styrofoam ban was this tidbit: Governor’s, which has […]
The $1.29 million Pickering Square gentrification grant
BDN: Bangor has been awarded $1.29 million in federal funds to help it replace the public bus terminal that was […]
Unpleasant design: a tale of two laundromats
The laundromat closest to my house was, at one time, a gas station. It stayed vacant for a while before […]