Do you read your local paper? Most of the time, I don't even read our local weekly newspaper because it's 99% ads for local businesses and 1% news stories about cub scout meetings. I started reading it recently because there is a small classified section which has Job listings.

On the Meetings and Clubs page, I noticed a listing for "The Positive Thinkers Club." Would this catch your attention?

The club was meeting at a convenient location near my home,...

16 = Number of Jobs I Applied For
2 = Number of Phone Interviews
2 = Number of Thank You Notes
0 = Number of Job Offers
4 = Number of Months Unemployed

(Cumulative total now is over 300 Jobs Applied for, 8 Phone Interviews, 6 Real Interviews, 0 Offers)

After about a year on Facebook, I decided to un-join. Mainly it is because I spend too much time there when I could be doing more useful things. It was fun to catch up with family photos and fellow alumni, but I am moving on. I will miss it, but I think I will be a more productive person!

I was also feeling leery of the security on the site. When I signed up, I wanted Only Friends to see my site. Since I joined a year ago, Facebook's security changed. I don't remember being...

Today, I was applying for a job at Hewitt Associates, and I actually received a rejection notice in my email while I was still on page 8 of their 9-page online application! It's a personal speed record for rejection. How did they do that?? Are they psychic?

I received another email offering free Microsoft training through a program called "Elevate America". I signed up and received my free voucher already. I'm going to complete a 6-hour Excel training to update my skills....

Tonight we got significant rain for the third day in a row. We're so happy because we can turn off the lawn sprinklers, probably until Sept. 1 or so. They're fairly expensive - $125/month or so on the water bill, so we're happy to get rain!

Over the weekend I was shopping at Target and considering a pretty nightgown I saw on the clearance rack. I asked little Jimmy if he liked it, and he answered, "No, it too big for me."

I have read 100 pages...