http://www.manisfam.com Manis family news Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:50:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A Look At Employment: " . . . consider the following unemployment rates by educational level achieved. The first number is for January 2009 and the second is for January 2010: Less the high school diploma: 12.4%/15.2% High School Graduates, no college: 8.1%/10.1% Some college or associate degree: 6.4%/8.5% Bachelor's degree ... http://www.manisfam.com/2010/02/07/a-look-at-employment/ Buy Jeannette Walls' The Glass Castle! http://www.manisfam.com/2009/12/13/the-glass-castle/ Buy Ricky Jay's Learned Pigs & Fireproof Women: Unique, Eccentric and Amazing Entertainers! http://www.manisfam.com/2009/10/22/learned-pigs-fireproof-women-unique-eccentric-and-amazing-entertainers/ Kenji Johjima opts out of final two years. One less problem to solve for the 2010 Mariners. http://www.manisfam.com/2009/10/19/kenji-johjima-opts-out-of-final-two-years-mariners-insider/ Buy Jerome Greene's Nez Perce Summer, 1877: The US Army and the Nee-Me-Poo Crisis This one will interest anyone who has lived in Southeast Washington and Eastern Oregon, especially the Wallowa region. The settlers were able to seize much of the Nez Perce treaty land simply because the tribe wasn't physically ... http://www.manisfam.com/2009/10/18/nez-perce-summer-1877-the-us-army-and-the-nee-me-poo-crisis/ Buy John Hodgman's More Information Than You Require http://www.manisfam.com/2009/10/18/more-information-than-you-require/ Buy Sarah Vowell's Assassination Vacation http://www.manisfam.com/2009/10/18/assassination-vacation/ Buy Ron Hall's Same Kind of Different As Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together http://www.manisfam.com/2009/10/18/same-kind-of-different-as-me/ This is a really boring and poorly written rant on fundamentalism, rational argument, and specialization. Feel free to skip it. You can't win an argument with a fundamentalist, because they don't argue. They have a fixed position that can't be moved by new information. 'I know the earth is 10,000 ... http://www.manisfam.com/2009/09/06/a-ramble-on-political-fundamentalists/ Several days ago, I was in my garage doing laundry early in the morning when Abby shouted to me that Max, our dog, had pooped in the house. Filled with disgust for the human that was too lazy to respond to Max's pleas to go outside, I grabbed a poop ... http://www.manisfam.com/2009/08/14/playing-opossum/ I need new sneakers. These bargain bin white Vans are stiff and heavy and are killing my feet and I can't go on. Can anyone recommend a comfortable, attractive sneaker that will keep my feet and aesthetic sensibilities happy? Here's are my requirements: * Sneakers. I already have running shoes. I'll ... http://www.manisfam.com/2009/08/11/a-good-sneaker-is-hard-to-find/ Shannon Drayer reports that the Mariners have somehow managed to trade Yuniesky Betancourt to the Kansas City Royals for right-handed pitcher Danny Cortes and left-handed pitcher Derrick Saito. Read the full story at her excellent Mariners Blog. Those screams you hear in the distance are a million Royals fans crying ... http://www.manisfam.com/2009/07/10/betancourt-traded-to-the-royals/ Buy Henry Bettenson's The Early Christian Fathers: A Selection from the Writings of the Fathers from St. Clement of Rome to St. Athanasius! http://www.manisfam.com/2009/06/03/the-early-christian-fathers/ Buy Max Brooks' World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War! http://www.manisfam.com/2009/06/03/world-war-z-an-oral-history-of-the-zombie-war/ Shoreline Historical Museum is in trouble: being evicted by Shoreline Schools. (Via Ronald Bog blog - all about Shoreline Washington.) http://www.manisfam.com/2009/05/27/shoreline-historical-museum-is-in-trouble-being-evicted-by-shoreline-schools/ Buy John Hodgman's The Areas of My Expertise! http://www.manisfam.com/2009/05/19/the-areas-of-my-expertise/ Buy The Numbers Game: Baseball's Lifelong Fascination with Statistics! http://www.manisfam.com/2009/05/19/the-numbers-game-baseballs-lifelong-fascination-with-statistics/ Shoreline Schools facing budget cuts, wants your input. Fill out this quick online survey. (Via Ronald Bog blog - all about Shoreline Washington.) http://www.manisfam.com/2009/04/19/shoreline-schools-facing-budget-cuts-wants-your-input/ The four most useful lessons of Columbine. - By Dave Cullen - Slate Magazine: "The Secret Service and U.S. Department of Education studied every American school shooting from 1974 to 2000—37 separate attacks—and reached the same conclusion. Shooters came from all ethnic, economic, and social classes. Most had no history ... http://www.manisfam.com/2009/04/16/the-four-most-useful-lessons-of-columbine/ Daniel B. Evans thorough Tax Protestor FAQ debunks pretty much all the nutty 'evidence' I've heard from my tax protesting friends (well, really, it's just the one guy) for why the U.S. federal income tax is illegal. I review it every year. My favorites, which I have actually heard from ... http://www.manisfam.com/2009/04/15/tax-protestor-myths/