(10pm) Quiet nite of solitaire and letter writing.
I think cutting back on my workouts has helped. (I am not dragging like I was there for a couple of weeks.)
In "Mega trends" they argue that the U.S. has to stop being based on industry, and switch to information businesses. (The U.S. is getting blown out of most manufacturing by lower wages and overhead elsewhere in the world and those kinds of jobs are disappearing.) (The problem is that new jobs in the information field aren't being created fast enough; and, even if they did, much of our labor force needs to be retrained before they could fill them.) (Another puzzle.) (Another reason our economy may take a dive now, and consolidate at a lower point. (Evolving into a different economic structure won't be easy.)) (Why is it that government is cutting back on education just when we are reaching a point where economic survival depends on retraining a major portion of the work force?)
I have been reading more on the new tax law. (There seems to be a lot in it that will impact negatively on the construction, real estate and stock markets.) (There are changes that will negatively impact manufacturing. (I don't quite understand what redirection of the economy they are hoping to accomplish with these changes.))
12-22-86
(Noon) Good workout.
(3pm) I finally finished the book on the new tax law. (What a mess.)
(5pm) Nice walk.
I have sure been having a lot of pizza attacks lately. (Must be all these ads on tv.)
12-23-86
(Midnite) Quiet nite.
I have been far too gloomy of late. (I suppose it's just a side effect of long term unemployment.)
(4pm) My dad called and bs'd. (He is sending $500, so money will be okay for awhile.) (He says to find a computer and send him the bill.) (He says by going further in debt to him now and getting my career going again, I will be out of debt faster. (Once one is $100,000 in debt, what is a few more thousand? (He says a $100,000 is nickels and dimes, compared to what I can make.)))
(6pm) Erica dropped in again. (Neat.)
(7pm) Today’s meal is rice. (Tis nice to have food!)
Erica brought me a bottle of whisky for Xmas, so I am catching a buzz tonite.