> Well, I have finally joined company with some of the best people I know. I am now a member of the "Jobless RinkWorks Christian Men" club.
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Ah. Unless one is gainfully self-employed, I believe we can all look forward to "Le Club Unemployment" at some point in our lives. Far gone are the days when one could expect a practially cradle-to-grave career with a suitably padded "soft-landing" pension plan from some Big Company.

But I still think it's kind of surreptitiously shameful that a manager may lay you off in the morning, and then it's apparently expected that you'll be gone and forgotten by noon or some such -- no matter how long you may have been working there.


> I was pretty pleased with how the whole thing went.

Now you sound like Sam.... :-)


> As it turned out, by the time I was finished all my packing up, it was after 4:30. I had managed to squeeze everything into my bag except my framed diploma and my coffee mug, so I went next door to see if I could scam a ride home. (Go figure that the first day in a month and a half that I DON'T drive to work is the day I have to take all my stuff home. I love irony
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If you can fit your entire working life into one flat briefcase (sans diploma and mug, which are by no means essential), then you're one of the most mobile persons I know. :-)


> I am in far too good a mood right now for anything else to make sense. I also believe, though, that God has something in mind for me. He started working a change in me (a strong one at that) yesterday, and I learned long ago that "coincidences" can often be the sign of God at work. Losing my job today is not something I am willing to say absolutely was "God's Plan" but I am feeling pretty confident about it nonetheless. I won't go into any more detail here right now, but I will say that I am feeling quite confident right now.
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> Don "Surprisingly Jovial" Monkey

Heh. Sort of like the truly jovial reaction I had when my life's work in two labs, in two different cities, both got flooded out -- or when someone broke into my humble house abode to steal all our electronic and musical equipment and the TV and computer etc, etc. I think I described all this awhile back.

Wolf "is back" sprit