Posts tagged Guide To Unemployment

April 15, 2009

Guide to Unemployment #5 (Get Lost!)

I was walking along, in my own little world this morning, without paying much attention to where I was going.
I knew that I was going in a certain direction (towards the hotel).
I knew that I didn’t have a specific route to get there.
I knew that there was a guy pulling a flat cart in front [...]

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April 6, 2009

Guide to Unemployment, Part 4 (Have a Party!)

Throwing a party isn’t the same as it was a few years ago, where guests expect to be catered to.  These days, it is enough to say bring this, bring that.
So, in keeping with the times, the theme for our party was “peasant”.
We offered no clear explanation at all on the instructions, and it was [...]

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March 31, 2009

Guide To Unemployment, Part 3 (Lists)

There are many useful tools in your “toolbox” of unemployment.  Some are more useful than others.  That feather I use to tickle Emily, for example, is not incredibly useful. *  I may or may not get into all of these tools in the coming weeks, depending on how professional I feel.  Most days, I don’t [...]

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March 26, 2009

Guide to Unemployment, Part 2 (Kids)

Yesterday I got some amazing amount of positive feedback about Part 1, so a quick thanks Canada–You know who you are, my only international visitor in my two week old life as a blogger!
One of the comments was:  You know there are unemployed out there who have kids.  And I thought.  Yeah.  There are.  So [...]

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March 25, 2009

Guide to Being Unemployed, Part 1 (The Cafe)

Today I became the master of staying at a cafe all day for the price of 1 cup of coffee, and maybe a refill.
You might need to make some sacrifices, such as your dignity, your pride and a little bit of self respect, but hey, at least you have your health! Follow these simple tricks, [...]

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