Charting Van Wallach's adventures and obsessions, from small-town Texas to Princeton, Russia, Latin America and beyond. Open mic videos are included at no extra charge for your viewing enjoyment.
Wednesday, January 22, 1997
Tales of a Laid-Off Tiger
Together, a father and son weather the anxieties of unemployment. From the Princeton Alumni Weekly, this essay appeared after I was laid off by Video Store Magazine in July 1995. http://www.princeton.edu/~paw/archive_old/PAW96-97/08-0122/0122endpg.html
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