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Remembering the Rock

It’s the start of week two and I’m back to the future and working again. This morning my Ferris Bueller charm was off because the Golden Gate transit buses kept passing me by. When I finally got on my trusty and lovable 10, I had a nice window seat to look at Alcatraz below me. [...]

To blog or not to blog

Welcome to Friday. It’s been a long week. I’ve been a day ahead since Monday. So today should really be Saturday but it’s not. I would shed a tear but I’m not that attached to specific days of the week considering everyday can be a Saturday when I’m not in contract work land. Earlier today [...]

Honesty: keeping it real with yourself

Stop hiding from insecurity and face it head on.

When your friends join you in the recently laid off line

I still consider myself recently laid off although I’m encroaching on week seven. With job applications, screening calls and interviews the time has gone by too fast. I look back and still I am frustrated with my lack of progress. Why am I not speaking fluent French or have mastered PHP yet? This is still [...]

Returning from the vacationland

Stop misquoting Darwin, it’s about being able to adapt.

The Internet: the magical wheel of fortune

How Gen Y deals with unemployment.

Explaining your unemployment situation

When X can’t tell you why.

When things don’t happen for a reason

You say collapsed economy and I say recession. Let’s call the whole thing off.

Smart investing: bulk dried beans

The daily Gallup provides stats on the current job market.

Lessons from Natty: staying positive in times of adversity

I may not have Jed the wolf to get to Washington State but I do have loan deferment.