supl on May 12th, 2009

Next to television, a laptop computer is any unemployed person’s favorite possession. In fact, a laptop could tie with the TV as the two most important things an unemployed person must have in order to survive unemployment. The relationship someone without a job can build with their laptop, in conjunction with a TV and a [...]

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Continue reading about #77 Having a Love/Hate Relationship with Laptops

supl on May 8th, 2009

Seriously, how is it already Friday? It seems like it was just Monday, when Monday seemed like a Thursday and it was a surprise to find out the next day was actually Tuesday, not Friday. Today, Friday actually feels like a Friday which is weird because a couple days ago it seemed like today would [...]

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Continue reading about #75 Losing Track of Time

supl on April 29th, 2009

One of the best unemployed activities is to get out of the house into a very public space and engage in some intense people watching. Not only does it manage to kill a lot of time but it’ll give you a great idea of how you compare to other people trying to weather this “economic [...]

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Continue reading about #68 Observing and Judging Other Unemployed People

supl on April 28th, 2009

Good thing most of us grew up with pictures from the Great Depression depicting hundreds of out-of-work Americans standing for hours in bread lines awaiting free government handouts. Otherwise, there might be some sort of stigma associated with today’s unemployed people who voluntarily line up for free food, regardless of what it is because they [...]

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Continue reading about #67 Standing in Line for Free Food

Time can be an unemployed person’s worst enemy as finding ways to kill time can be so exhausting it’s often rewarded with a nap. But, having all the time in the world can also be life-changing and a really great way to annoy friends. The things that used to be irritating  in life when employed start [...]

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Continue reading about #49 Boasting About Newfound Patience by Explaining, “I got time.”