Well, I’m still procrastinating, but did join eHow and am in the process of writing articles. Didn’t realize the only real way to make money is, for the most part on this and other sites like it, means reviewing and recommending “friends” articles and then they return the favor. You’d have to have great marketing, etc. to get articles out on the web and in a 1st page Google search so people with a genuine interest in reading your articles can find you.
Very important, but very sad and depressing op-ed report in the NY Times (also published on Huffington Post) (link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/06/opinion/06herbert.html) regarding US economy and infrastructure debacle. Unfortunately, I think the meeting discussed in the article will not be heeded and the US will become a second rate economy in a decade (probably less that that).
Still struggling with unemployment – hello out there? As for my unemployment adventures, signed up for and attended first day of free HHA training. Disaster. What a miserable job, for me at least. Would love to become an Autopsy Assistant, but dealing with live veggie humans – gross and humiliating, not to mention the unlivable salary. Am caught in the classic “Catch 22” scenario: old enough for SS but not old enough to earn a decent living and collect SS at the same time. So, have to try to wriggle my way out – calling a maid service to see if they need cleaners, try the PCA training – AND CONTINUE WITH MY WRITING. The creative writing is the only thing that may really pay.
L A Mahoney-LAM (oldcatowl.com) 