Working Mannequin
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Manufacturing |
| Occupation | International Export |
| Location | Texas, United States |
| Introduction | "How did you ever think of this idea" a friend asked recently. I told him of my early teen years when I was intrigued by "el contratista", "the contractor" in our farming community. It was a form of elitism among local farmworkers to work with "el contratista". I wondered, "Now, how does that work?" I knew he didn't own the land or the crops his "contract laborers" worked. Now, my past intrigue has taken on a passion for independent contractors. This in the truest sense, not as our government categorizes so-called "contractors" as in the countless apparel manufacturing sites so rapidly vanishing in America. So, what's my message on "Independent Contracting"? It is a legitimate business. It is how the individual can leverage tax law to their advantage. It is that when you create alliances, or networks, you multiply their efforts and revenues. Unlike "el contratista", my conviction is the Independent Contractor, as the one who does most of the work, deserves the greater portion of compensation. It's not a novel idea. It is a workable one. It is one which esteems and elevates the worth of the laborer, the Independent Contractor. |
| Interests | soccer, (Erin's play, YOU GO GIRL!!) MLS, US Men's National Team, World Cup Soccer, reading, writing, Project Runway, Shelly Waxman, NFL, Raiders, Unwrapped (show) word origins, apparel, Eastwood movies, Russia, Sandy Botkin, independent contracting, Sewing, fashion, children's short story reading, history, cooking for my family, energy alternatives; fusion, hydrogen, Tony Campolo, magnetohydrodynamics, public speaking, the sound of a turbo-charged Cat, Longhorns! |
| Favorite Movies | Tombstone, Paris Texas, Oh, Brother where art thou?, Chocolat (Denis), The Devil Wears Prada, It's a Wonderful Life, The Pursuit of Happyness (thanx, mi'ja)To Kill a Mockingbird, Sleepless in Seattle, Big, Like Water for Chocolate, The Green Mile, Shawshank Redemption, Vertigo, Apollo 13, Meet Joe Black, American Beauty, Hunt for Red October, Crimson Tide |
| Favorite Music | Beatles, Spencer Davis Group, Renee Olstead, Michael Buble, Los Lonely Boys, Joni Mitchell, Chris Isaak (for my BD!! thnx, Stef), Gordon Lightfoot, Who, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Hendrix, Joao Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Manitas de Plata, Jeff Beck, Estela Nunez, Barbara Streisand, Agustin Lara, Queen Latifah, Allman Brothers, Joe Walsh, Johnnie Winter, Santana, John Mayer, Keith Urban, Antonio Bribiesca, Del Castillo, Pink Floyd, Led Zepellin, ZZ Top, Stones, Byrds, Moody Blues, White Stripes, Jose Feliciano, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Frank Sinatra, Neil Diamond, Del Castillo, Gram Parsons, Stevie Ray Vaughan |
| Favorite Books | Rich Dad Poor Dad, Bible, Small is Beautiful, The Laberinth of Solitude, The Enchanted Raisin, CashFlow Quadrant: Rich Dad;s Guide to Financial Freedom, Brothers Karamazov, The Tipping Point, Loving God, Powershift, Megatrends, The High Road (B. Bova), The Purple Cow, In The Teeth of the Wind, The Odyssey, Think and Grow Rich, Man's search for meaning, Reality Therapy, Direct from Dell, Selling the Invisible |