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		<title>Goodbye for now</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:39:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I responded to a craigslist ad looking for cab drivers in the Chicago suburbs, our family was in increasingly desperate financial straits. I thought my unemployment benefits were about to run out and I was looking for something, anything, to pay some bills and help us stay afloat. I knew next to nothing about [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jayfield26.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9305701&amp;post=703&amp;subd=jayfield26&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Being biracial in a mixed-up world</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:35:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s the title of Taxi Wife&#8217;s beautifully-written new piece in the Chicago Tribune. Of course, I&#8217;m biased. You can read it here. Tagged: biracial, Chicago Tribune, President Obama<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jayfield26.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9305701&amp;post=692&amp;subd=jayfield26&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Good Luck in the North!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:05:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The call came yesterday, a little unexpectedly, around lunchtime. I’d just left the taxi dispatch office, where I’d cashed out some senior citizen coupons for a whopping sum of $9.00. Hello John I can put you today in car in the north.  I already have driver for 875. 168 is open and at shop! There [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jayfield26.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9305701&amp;post=673&amp;subd=jayfield26&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Little Pink Taxi</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:08:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Mexican city of Puebla is fighting back against the harrasement women sometimes endure at the hands of male taxi drivers. How is Puebla doing it? By taking the men out of the equation. &#160; &#160; (Photo: Joel Merino/AP) Tagged: Mexico women taxi, pink taxi, taxi women harrasement<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jayfield26.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9305701&amp;post=645&amp;subd=jayfield26&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Headin&#8217; For the Boarder (of Wisconsin that is)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:36:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, not exactly that far north. But an exciting opportunity has presented itself. The Fleet Master has generously offered Recession Taxi the opportunity to change territories and vehicles! Here&#8217;s the deal. I&#8217;d be moving, from northern Cook County&#8211;where I&#8217;ve been driving for the last two months&#8211;to southern Lake County. Financially, it will actually work out [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jayfield26.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9305701&amp;post=637&amp;subd=jayfield26&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Kindness of Strangers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I pulled the Windstar into the garage. It was the end of a not especially lucrative day, but there was pot roast in the slow cooker. I grabbed my bags and walked to the elevator. When I got off, I decided to check the mail. It was still sitting there in the box and as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jayfield26.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9305701&amp;post=625&amp;subd=jayfield26&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Killing Me Softly</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:03:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So if you’ve been reading this blog for a bit, you’re well aware that the USS Windstar 875 has chronic health problems. Since my initial misadventures at the Fleet Master’s Special Garage, I’d wondered when the next ailment would rear its ugly head. Today, I got my answer. Several days ago, the Fleet Master rang [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jayfield26.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9305701&amp;post=603&amp;subd=jayfield26&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Hundred Dollar Ride</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Monday can be a very schizophrenic taxi day. The early morning hours usually promise at least a couple rides to the airport, as business travelers head out of town. But after about 9:00-9:30 AM, you can just about fossilize in the seat of your cab. The taxi overloads are calling names, but not yours. And [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jayfield26.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9305701&amp;post=597&amp;subd=jayfield26&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Big Thanks To a Fellow Cheetah Parent</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Readers, please forgive me, as I take some space here to say thanks and engage in a shameless bit of promotion. First, a huge shout out and gracias to Josh Gilbert for becoming Recession Taxi&#8217;s first official donor! Dude, I wish we had a pledge gift for you. Sorry, we&#8217;re working on it. I could [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jayfield26.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9305701&amp;post=592&amp;subd=jayfield26&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Taxi Wife, The Straw That Stirs the Drink</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I sit here today, October 23, 2009, the recession has left us severely battered. But we&#8217;re not broken. There&#8217;s an undercurrent of warmth and love in our home that continues. And it has everything to do with Taxi Wife. On more occasions than I can count, she&#8217;s knelt down, put the family on her [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jayfield26.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9305701&amp;post=576&amp;subd=jayfield26&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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