RR,

Don't let that ruin your mocha latte. Before the recession whenever I was approached by a panhandler, usually a young guy, I'd ask him if his mother knew he was downtown doing this. That always seemed to confuse them enough that they'd go away. Given the current condition of the economy I feel like it might be in poor taste to mock someone not willingly unemployed.

For all the BMWs and Jaguars and way expensive houses in this town, a lot of people are doing something far more creative than I am for a living. The median income looks about right for a single wide in a trailer park. Wonder what the median creative income is at the big houses overlooking McAllister.

Sg