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David Jacobson's Mighty Blog on Independent Thought, Politics & Culture: In Massachusetts, Not Working Can Pay Off

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David Jacobson's Mighty Blog on Independent Thought, Politics and Culture. My Impartial, Nonpartisan and Random Thoughts and Rants for Anyone Who's Good Enough to Read Them. Wednesday, March 14, 2007. In Massachusetts, Not Working Can Pay Off. While you're still getting your severance. So you can collect an unemployment check AND get your severance until it runs out. You’re getting more money for not working. Nobody is going to refuse free money, and I’m betting it’s mainly goin...Roofers can legally col...

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Random Thoughts: April 2006

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Writing, getting published and whatever else I feel like discussing. Monday, April 24, 2006. Branding Excercises, or "Truth in Eating". So, I'm still high over Jim Atwell's column. In the Cooperstown Crier. I do PR in my day job, which means I read at least ten newspapers every day. Yet making time for my hometown weekly is a luxury in which I gladly partake. For example: Give me pate de fois gras. Another one I haven't tried yet, but wouldn't mind tasting: Sweetbreads. Tiny, bony, salty fish that someti...

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Random Thoughts: February 2006

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Writing, getting published and whatever else I feel like discussing. Friday, February 24, 2006. Location, Location, Location. Has a terrific post on his blog today. He talks about living in a "small town" of "50,000 people" in Montana. I know all this because I grew up in Cooperstown, population, just over 2,000. Here's the kicker: My writing is all about small towns. Well, let me explain a little. My second novel starts in a setting where I've never been and never hope to be: state prison. But it mo...

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Random Thoughts: It's Not Even Thanksgiving Yet

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Writing, getting published and whatever else I feel like discussing. Thursday, November 15, 2007. It's Not Even Thanksgiving Yet. My friend Seth Gitell has a hilarious post on his blog. About how Christmas music is arriving earlier and earlier every year. He also takes a nice shot at Lowe's for selling "Holiday Trees" instead of Christmas Trees, his premise being that people out buying those trees are shopping for Christmas trees anyway. I just put up a Veterans' Day post. Why? Links to this post:.

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Random Thoughts: July 2006

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Writing, getting published and whatever else I feel like discussing. Monday, July 24, 2006. So I'm taking (good-natured) fire over on Kelly Malloy. S blog because I hate yard work and she loves it. If I ever write a manifesto, "I hate yard work" will be ahead of "I hate Republicans," but behind "I love Bruce Springsteen.". Let me put it into perspective: I'd rather clean the bathroom. Twice. And do the laundry. Then the dishes (but don't mention that part to the Saint). Oh, yeah. We had more Sangria&...

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David Jacobson's Mighty Blog on Independent Thought, Politics & Culture: October 2009

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David Jacobson's Mighty Blog on Independent Thought, Politics and Culture. My Impartial, Nonpartisan and Random Thoughts and Rants for Anyone Who's Good Enough to Read Them. Saturday, October 24, 2009. I Think I Remember Rock and Roll Radio. When the once mighty rock station WBCN in Boston disappeared this August. The reply from many was a disappointed shrug. This is not a eulogy for rock and roll music. Rock and roll is doing just fine, thank you. New bands like The Mars Volta. Death Cab for Cutie.

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David Jacobson's Mighty Blog on Independent Thought, Politics & Culture: Resurrecting the Media

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David Jacobson's Mighty Blog on Independent Thought, Politics and Culture. My Impartial, Nonpartisan and Random Thoughts and Rants for Anyone Who's Good Enough to Read Them. Thursday, December 31, 2009. As the decade draws to a merciful close, one market that has been beaten down further than the Republicans and our retirement portfolios combined has been the media. I’ve opined over. About the media’s continuing insignificance in the 21st century, but I may also see a way out for the Fourth Estate. But t...

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David Jacobson's Mighty Blog on Independent Thought, Politics & Culture: Do Non-Compete Agreements Hurt Massachusetts Workers?

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David Jacobson's Mighty Blog on Independent Thought, Politics and Culture. My Impartial, Nonpartisan and Random Thoughts and Rants for Anyone Who's Good Enough to Read Them. Thursday, May 06, 2010. Do Non-Compete Agreements Hurt Massachusetts Workers? The first is that Massachusetts still has the nation’s most generous unemployment benefits. I first became aware of the non-compete issue in Alison Lobron’s fine story in Commonwealth Magazine last summer. Most states seem to have non-compete clauses. New r...

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David Jacobson's Mighty Blog on Independent Thought, Politics & Culture: November 2009

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David Jacobson's Mighty Blog on Independent Thought, Politics and Culture. My Impartial, Nonpartisan and Random Thoughts and Rants for Anyone Who's Good Enough to Read Them. Monday, November 30, 2009. The Folly of Campaign Finance Reform, Part I. If you ever tried to read anything about campaign finance reform (CFR), you probably gave up because you couldn’t figure it out. If you ever tried to sit down and actually study the reasons behind campaign finance reform, you. 8221; Like many emotional claims, t...

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David Jacobson's Mighty Blog on Independent Thought, Politics & Culture: Roll Over Ted Kennedy

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David Jacobson's Mighty Blog on Independent Thought, Politics and Culture. My Impartial, Nonpartisan and Random Thoughts and Rants for Anyone Who's Good Enough to Read Them. Monday, January 18, 2010. Roll Over Ted Kennedy. Which showed Brown at 50%, Coakley at 46%, a libertarian party at 3% and a jaw-dropping 1% undecided. Statistically it’s a dead heat, but that low undecided vote doesn’t give anyone much swing room. How could this happen in Massachusetts? This is less about which political party has th...