Loan snark

Published 11:18 pm Sunday, July 11, 2010

Not the blue vest with the smiley face, please: Wal-Mart’s Sam’s Club warehouse chain is offering small-business loans of up to $25,000 to its club members.

The terms of the loans aren’t bad, but to ward off potential default of loans, Sam’s Club will require anyone who fails to repay the loans in full to work as Wal-Mart greeters until the debt is satisfied.

Can’t have one without the other: Desperate to cut costs, the state government has furloughed a third of the state government’s work force for the day today, sending about 35,000 employees home without pay.

No joke: Among the employees deemed too vital to dismiss for the day, state troopers and liquor store staff.

Make a herd of turtles: Here’s a craft project for you and the kids and a way to start a conversation with them about the Gulf Coast oil spill. Make a sea turtle out of a terra cotta pot saucer, a few wood discs, a pair of googly eyes and some paint.

Then use the leftover materials to make little BP executives that you can poke with voodoo pins.