December 2008
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Unemployment Blogging, Day 3
Christmas Eve, so of course there’s nothing times nothing to do re: job hunting, so I am going to enjoy the holiday as best I can. May you do the same. But of course I couldn’t write a Christmas post without including this timeless holiday classic:
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Why Chinese Food Is Like Linux
Fascinating talk by Jennifer 8. Lee about the origins of Chinese food in America — and around the world:
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Unemployment Blogging, Day 2
Part of the problem with being laid off just before Christmas — besides the massive crimp it puts into your celebration of the holiday — is that conducting the normal activities of a job search is stymied. First, you have parties to attend, food to prepare, last-minute gifts to buy, etc.; and second, pretty much every business is taking the next two weeks off or else operating on a...
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Unemployment Blogging, Day 1
Or: What it feels like to be a statistic. Being laid off, to paraphrase John Updike, is a sacred state; it clarifies the mind and pulls you out of the often stultifying routines of everyday living and working. It is also, as is the case with any contact with the divine, rather terrifying. A synopsis: After graduating from the University of Maryland, I went to work, not at a government agency or a...