Deja vu to the nth degree

If you’ve seen the movie “Groundhog Day,” in which Bill Murray is trapped in an endless loop of Feb. 2s, you have a little insight into the life of the employment-challenged. Talk about settling into a routine! It’s get up, eat breakfast, check and send e-mails, scrounge through job sites, send online job applications, check and send e-mails again, eat lunch, look  forward to mail truck’s arrival, lather, rinse and repeat. And repeat. And repeat.
One good thing about the sorry state of the economy: There are plenty of people to commiserate with. I had lunch today with an unemployed friend and I told him how I had asked my wife not to ask me, “How was your day?” Even though she always asks in a loving way and I know she’s interested, I feel guilty when the only answer I can give is, “Well, I emptied the dishwasher, but other than that it was uneventful.” I knew he could relate.
Part of my initial reluctance to establish this blog was the mind-set that I’d be giving away for free something that had (at least in my mind) a monetary value. I’ve finally accepted that exposure can have a benefit beyond the bank account. I tried to market this one piece a number of places without success, so I finally offered it to a Syracuse basketball blogger. It had a time element, so I couldn’t wait any longer. He posted it today, and it’s gotten a number of comments, which makes me happy. Here’s the link;

http://www.syracuse.com/axeman/index.ssf/2009/01/pearls_shot_25_years_later.html