Three months out of work. Occasional nibbles from agencies but no follow-up. (And all because for the last dozen years I used WordPerfect rather than bloody Redmondware. To think that, last time around, the temp agencies were fighting over me because they knew I can tackle an app I’ve never seen before and, by the end of the day, know it better than most users ever will.) <\/p>\n
Invisible walls closing in. Sleep erratic. Familiar symptoms of serotonin deficiency hard to distinguish from familiar symptoms of objective disappointment. Thoughts dwell on friends who died of it: Dan Alderson (1941-89), who allowed diabetes to do him in slowly; and Sasha Chislenko<\/a> (1959-2000), who took a speedier way. Remind self that at least two people would miss me. <\/p>\n Will try not to bore you further. About that, at least.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Three months out of work. Occasional nibbles from agencies but no follow-up. (And all because for the last dozen years I used WordPerfect rather than bloody Redmondware. To think that, last time around, the temp agencies were fighting over me … Continue reading