Sandman's Journal

For nine years the minimum wage has stayed at $5.15.

What's Goin' On?

Meanwhile Congressfolks have given themselves at least eight raises in the last decade.

Ain't That Peculiar.

Lucky for me, though, I Heard It Through the Grapevine that I'll soon be getting a raise at the Museum.

I'll Be Doggone.

On an unrelated topic, I learned that off a coast of Hawaii there's six times more plastic than plankton.

Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology).

And then, of course, there's the War . . .

Makes Me Wanna Holler.

Our current government is Trouble Man.

But enough negativity, sweetheart, Let's Get It On.

'Cause when I get that feelin', I need You, 'cause That's the Way Love Is.
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*Italics courtesy of Marvin Gaye.