Here's an idea to help put America back to work: Stop making getting a job so damn expensive! For every college teaching job I apply for I must provide official transcripts -- a cost between $5 and $10 each. Next, one's resume and cover letter must appear on special paper -- thicker, more decorative, and more expensive. And because image is everything, I can't exactly go to an interview wearing faded blue jeans and a South Park T-shirt. And I can't afford to dress like the men in Esquire fashion advertisements!
I am keeping all of my job search related receipts, for I know the expenses are tax deductible. But tax time is months away. By then my family might be living out of our Honda Accord and eating at soup kitchens.
I honestly think I have to get a part time service industry job...
just so I can keep looking for a teaching job. Here I come, Wal-Mart! Hello, McDonald's! Hola, Taco Bell! Am I looking for a full time teaching job or living a Judd Apatow film?
And the puritanical, Sean Hannity loving, "Let go and let God," citizenry have the nerve to wonder why so many Americans drink, do drugs, and gamble. Because looking for a job should
not be a quest for the Holy Grail.
Sorry, ladies and degenerates. I'll come down off my soap box to reveal tonight's picks:
MLBPhillies -1.5 (-140)Athletics +1.5 (+125)Twins/Angels Over 8.5 (-110)Canadian Football LeagueAlouettes -14 (-110)Gold Cup SoccerMexico/Costa Rica Over 2.5 (-115)