Paycheck to Paycheck

The conspiracy theorist inside has me thinking about what happened to the missing airplane from Malaysian Flight 370. In the forefront, some Communist country, like North Korea or China, basically masterminded a true hijacking, and they have the plane hidden someplace inside their iron curtain. What they did with the people, I don't even like to think about. Every time I see some satellite photo depicting potential debris from the wreckage, I am skeptical. I heard a PBS newscaster say that the investigation isn't moving fast enough to keep up with our appetite for knowing what happened. That rung true and insightful to me as well. It looks like we really will have to wait and see.

Because I am working as a tax accountant these days, I really don't have that much time to speculate, nor watch the ongoing news updates, as well as any other form of entertainment. My world has become taken over by that ever looming deadline - April 15th. I am happy to report the tax deadline is only 3 short weeks away, but at the same time I provide a gentle reminder for those of us who haven't yet begun to delve into our tax files... Get busy people! And don't forget to deduct your charitable contributions. 

Now that I've established that there isn't much in the news besides a missing airplane, and my time is overwhelmingly involved in filing tax returns, it may come as a surprise that I do make the time to fit in some humorous television in my never ending quest for a quick laughing out loud moment. Thank goodness for the DVR, which I regret to report is warning me often these days that my recording space is quite limited, but I digress. 

Yesterday, I had a chance to view a recording of the Colbert Report, from the 12th of March. He had interviewed one of my favorite people in the world, Maria Shriver, who had produced a documentary about impoverished Americans. Although there was quite a bit of witty banter going on, which gave me a few chuckles, the show was noteworthy because of what Maria said when things got quietly serious about her movie that premiered on St. Patricks Day on HBO.  The movie is titled, Paycheck to Paycheck - The Life and Times of Katrina Gilbert. The movie is basically about the 42 million women in the US who are raising kids and weaving their way in and out of poverty. 

As a tribute to these women, Katrina, and Maria, I would like to end today with a quote from the show. When Steven asked her what can we do to help, Maria said, "We can tell our daughters to think of themselves as providers. We can tell our daughters to stay in school as long as possible and to delay having children until you have an education because there's a direct correlation between your education and the amount of money that you can make."