Yesterday s unemployed chess bum can bring in a six figure income if he or she is willing to take on enough work.

What Warhol said about Coke is, he said, What I really like about Coca Cola is the president of the United States can't get a better Coke than the bum on the corner of the street.

Me, Ex Quota Girl, Daring Bum is an intimate and moving post on Gabriela's blog in which she recounted the saga she went through to pass the university entrance exam at 17, and then how she subsequently had to face the prejudice and racism aimed at a student who had passed by means of the racial quotas system for further education.