Blowed up Real Good

I haven't been posting for a while due to the necessity of attending to this annoying matter of unemployment. It's a kind of limbo, wondering where you'll end up working. On the positive side, job openings abound. On the negative side, applying for jobs and endlessly revising one's resume is about as exciting as negotiating on a used Aries K. And then there is the angst:


It's also an era of firsts for me. In 25 years of working, I've been fortunate enough never to have had to make an unemployment insurance claim. Now, however, I find that the instructions are quite easy to follow, viz:

If you applied for benefits this week by phone or over the Internet, you must begin filing your weekly claims starting next week.

Exception: If you filed your Internet claim on a Friday or Saturday (week 1), and you receive this notice on the following Monday or Tuesday (week 2), file your weekly claim for week 1 the day after you receive this notice. You only have until 5:00 p.m. on Friday of week 2 to get your weekly claim filed for the previous week--week 1.

Well, that sure cleared it up for me. Not to mention this addendum, which I think might be important:

IMPORTANT: File your weekly claims even if we are still deciding whether you are eligible for benefits. If you are allowed benefits, you will be paid for all weeks you have claimed. You will NOT be paid for any weeks you have not claimed.

Just think, our health care system could be this clear and efficient. Keep filling out those papers, we'll tell you if you qualify for that chemo. In the meantime, write your congressman. What's government for, after all?

Ah, be still my beating heart... let me not wax too negative. There is fresh hope since our President recently appointed a Jobs Czar:

Wow!