A Life In The Day

Posted for your consideration and opinion, is my story and the details of how I’m appealing the decision by the Illinois Department of Employment Security’s decision to deny my benefits, two months into my receiving them. It’s a long read, but well worth it.
Originally, I was getting unemployment, just fine, after I got fired in [...]

Just a short note, before I go on my rant about the Illinois Department of Employment Security.If you don’t know, I was un-surreptitiously fired form a job I loved as the manager of the Layout and Design department at United Metro Works back in February.The claim made to Unemployment, and never substantiated, was that I [...]

And so, almost as soon as it arrived, we’re moving into the middle of summer already and so many things are happening.And I find having a hard time keeping my emotions steady, as I bounce biorythymically up and down, highs and lows.The home situation is coming to it’s apex, as she has started to move [...]

You know, things happen when you least expect them to.I work at a company I was recruited to by the former sales manager at my old job.When he first came here, he pushed me hard to follow, but I resisted, because I wasn’t sure if this was going to be a good move or not, [...]

Ever have one of those days?It started out as a typical day, interrupted by a morning meeting with the art department and our office manager, who reiterated that Jim is the boss and that everyone had the opportunity to take the position, but we need to respect him.I guess she forgot about how Matt, the [...]

…Or, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.I love my job. I seriously do. I get to have an outlet for my creativity. I get to have my fingers all over a computer keyboard, err, as Bridget calls it, my mistress. And I just like what I do, even if I am grossly underpaid.However, in [...]

Looking at all those pictures got me all reminiscent of the things I’ve done in the first half of my life. Of course, if medical science picks it up, this could be the first quarter.Of course, I COULD help out with that by excersizing, quiting smoking and mostly, alleviating the damn stress in my life.
I [...]