Posted on April 16, 2009 by dugmugg
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 [...]
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Posted on March 31, 2009 by dugmugg
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 interest in pursuing a graduate degree, and there were very few recruiters who visited [...]
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Posted on March 7, 2009 by dugmugg
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 [...]
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Posted on September 19, 2008 by dugmugg
It was late May, 1982 and I was sitting on a wooden bench at a roadside bus stop in a small Italian town. In my mind, the Beatles’ song “Two Of Us” was playing on repeat loop as I silently watched the traffic lurch and weave, honk and gesture in that aggressive way Italian drivers [...]
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Posted on September 11, 2008 by dugmugg
I just got the good news Friday: I’ve been selected to be one of the Scoutmasters for the Simon Kenton Council contingent to the 2010 National Boy Scout Jamboree. I am so excited! For twenty-five years I’ve been associated with the Boy Scouts as both a youth and an adult leader, but this will be the first time [...]
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Posted on August 3, 2008 by dugmugg
Picture by KM Cheng, Hong Kong
Dear Carol,
I’ve missed you while you’ve been away visiting your twin sister this past week. I’m glad that you’re having a good time and getting a break from the usual routines around the house. You deserve it.
I’m writing to tell you how much I appreciate all that you do. You’re right, maintaining [...]
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Posted on June 29, 2008 by dugmugg
Our family is visiting Carol’s twin sister’s family in East Aurora, New York. We made the five hour car ride together yesterday to attend cousin Drew’s high school graduation celebration. I set a goal for myself to write a post on the road, just to be able to say that I did. I’m a geek, [...]
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