My friend Jimmy was fond of saying when asked about his week, “I’m still extracting a living out of the ground.” Most days after my duty as a public school teacher, I’d meet up with him for coffee. He’d usually be waiting for me at our favorite watering hole, sorting through paperwork, his stack of business cards and cell phone nearby, always dressed to the nines in a sport coat, a fashionable tie and polished shoes. He was portly, jet black hair and the heir to a family re