A New Week, Same Worries?

I still do not have sufficient income to pay my bills without unemployment. I think that surely I must have skills and work ethic sufficient to provide for my needs. I am still struggling with how to get paid for doing what I already know how to do.

A thought occurs to me, just now, that I have not been comfortable with a certain car blog since it changed from obsessed with the culture of cars to obsessed with the cult of cars. It seems to me to be a big change. While many people have no problem with being in a cult, I do. It is the same problem that I have with the show, American Idol. I cannot profess at one moment to worship the God whose number one rule is, “Thou shalt have no other gods,” while I belong to a cult or try to become an idol for the worship of others. My children say, “They don’t really mean idol like that.” Oh, I beg to differ. They mean it exactly like that. I guess it is hard to believe that I am fun at parties when I say things like that, but I am!

I do not agree with those that say you cannot be Christian without a life of unrelenting sacrifice and discomfort. There are those who believe that following Christ means never having to say, “I am having fun.” They believe, or say they believe, that Jesus had 33 years of toil and hardship. And they believe that we should do the same. One book that a friend loaned me even advised men that they should not listen to their own wives about occasionally having times of merriment and personal items that bring pleasure. Did God supply this world with the means to make and appreciate parties and beauty and laughter and joy only for those who do not have an understanding of Christ? That is nonsense.

So I come to it, then. I am dissatified with Jalopnik. I have a need to increase my income. How can I create something that improves on the Gawker site and get paid to do it?

I will take suggestions.