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Image titled "Whitby Abbey: Archway" by Craig M. Booth. To see his Flickr photostream, click on the image. “I don’t care what you say! We didn’t participate in your program and we’re not paying for this campout!” I felt my face flush hot at the angry words of the man breaking camp beneath the tall [...] I missed last week’s post. I’m in danger of missing this week’s as well. There’s so much to do… When I was laid-off in February, I didn’t anticipate how busy I would be in unemployment. In the last two weeks, I spent a day’s time applying for food stamps and almost two days reapplying for financial [...] "Graduation Cake Guy" image by CarbonNYC. Click image to see his entire photostream. Earlier this week, I heard a news report stating the last time the national unemployment rate was this bad was back in the early 1980’s. I graduated from college in 1983, at the height of the Reagan recession. I had no [...] This post is dedicated to my friend David. I hope you realize how many friends you have in your “network.” In Praise of Networking Exactly one month to the day now since I was laid-off. I had my first phone interview last week regarding a great local job with a Fortune 500 company. The position looks like [...] Image titled "Grand Canyon backpack" by Kevindooley. Click on image to see more of his work. It’s now a little over three weeks since the layoff. The past week has been very busy and challenging, but also extremely rewarding. One of the things this experience has taught me is that the rest of your [...] You cannot teach a man anything. You can only help him find it within himself. — Galileo Galilei It’s now two weeks since the layoff. What a wild ride. Each minute is an adventure. Following is a short story from earlier this week. I’m going to do my best to share more of these stories as they [...] It has now been a little over a week since the layoff. 300 people were let go over two days. One of them was my friend Brad, who used to work in the IT Department. The two of us immediately decided to form a support group. I don’t know how I would have gotten through the [...] Image by _gee_'s photostream. Click on the picture to see more images from him. The rumor mill was buzzing at work when I arrived there on Wednesday: layoffs were beginning again. Coworkers were gathered in small groups, speaking in hushed tones. As the morning dragged on, I overheard anxious and tearful clips of conversations [...] Image by flattop341. Click on the photo to view more of his photos. Sunday our boy scout troop went ice skating at the local rink in Newark, Ohio. I’m a decent in-line skater, but I hadn’t been on ice skates since I was a teenager. As it turns out, I’m able to ice skate [...] Image by Erika Mugglin It was my birthday last week. I’m 48 years old. Not a major milestone birthday like 50, but it got me thinking: this could be the halfway point in my life. My grandmother celebrated her 95th birthday back in December and she’s still going strong; it’s not unreasonable to think of [...] |
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