So I’m actually going to post something slightly serious (yes I heard your “wow you can do that?”) and hopefully gather a intelligible opinion on 1) if this is a good idea and 2) how do I go about doing it. Here it is coming up on a year of unemployment, the field I worked in still shows no signs of improvement (at least as far as I can tell, I don’t have a car to drive and haven’t emailed a former colleague in months…). I did try getting into a very similar industry to this before and was…

Once again I was roaming the Jobs List on Craigslist... at this point mostly for posterity. I've been forced to come to the realization that engineering firms are simply not interested in dealing with this mess of a drafting pool. Though I've noted that some bloggers are beginning to suggest that companies are intentionally avoiding hiring the unemployed, the idea being that hiring the unemployed is in fact Social Darwinism, in effect the lame and wounded lion will hurt the pride so…

I’ve heard this question in 12 step programs… “How would you describe your rock bottom?”

First of all I feel like just saying that owes a disclaimer. I once went through and served in Celebrate Recovery, a well known Christian 12 Step program by John Baker out of Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church. Personal beliefs aside the reason I went through it in full disclosure, was an attempt to deal with the after affects of what had all ready been professionally diagnosed as illnesses resultant…