I'm composing the first draft of this post at one of the public computers at Worksource, sitting next to Allison, while we wait for our next appointment.  Allison has just met with our WorkFirst councellor, and is currently printing all kinds of stuff.   This week has been very educational. Being enrolled in Washington's WorkFirst program has kept us coming into our local WorkSource office and utilizing the classes on hand at...

"The night of the fight, you may feel a slight sting. That's pride fucking with you. Fuck pride. Pride only hurts, it never helps."--Marcellus Wallace, Pulp Fiction (1994)That quote was going through my head the morning I applied for government food and cash assistance two weeks ago.We were sitting on a cool $350 in the bank with our $1200/mo rent coming due in few days when we learned that Ken's unemployment benefits weren't going to be...