Since actually applying for jobs doesn't seem to be working for me, I thought I'd try volunteering through the Red Cross for a while and see how that goes.  Of course, it doesn't beat actually getting a paycheck, but you never know, I might meet someone who could hire me for something ( Read more... )

Today I made the trek up to Wiesbaden.  Since no one up there was returning my emails, I thought perhaps I'd just drop in and see what's up.  I met some interesting and very friendly people, and received reasonably encouraging news about a couple of positions that I might be able to at least apply for, right up my alley.  Still, the persons who ( Read more... )

If you want to work for the federal government, you better have one of the following:
A  current career/career conditional Federal civilian employee (that is, you already have a federal job)

• Military Spouse/Family Member Preference (overseas only)? (that is, you are married to an active duty service member)

• Veterans' Preference? (that is, you are a ( Read more... )

Today, in quick succession, I helped an older couple (the woman in tears) find a newspaper with the article they wanted concerning the fatal crash of an Osprey helicopter in Afghanistan that killed two of their son's good friends, and I sold What To Expect When You're Expecting to a beaming young woman who could not stop talking about her good ( Read more... )

The very first thing the trainer said this morning to the 5 of us in the class was, "I hope you negotiated yourselves higher salary rates before you signed anything."  Not 15 minutes before, we had all signed papers accepting the low low low hourly rates on offer.  He knew it, too, as he had been there while we were all going through the paperwork ( Read more... )

K came home chuckling about his day:  he had to create an account for a cat.  And the cat has a sponsor, too.   Yes, it seems the US military provides a variety of medical services to a whole category of "non-humans."  This makes sense if it is a bomb-sniffing dog or dolphin (think US Navy underwater exploration), but for a cat?  How could you ( Read more... )

In today's mail (yes, March 4) I found 2 pieces from PACs urging me to vote in the February 9 election in my former city, and one envelope stamped:  Time Sensitive Information, with a Jan 25 postmark.

*bites tongue to prevent further comment *  The facts speak for themselves.

Hoping that national security agencies don't consider this post a nat sec threat ( Read more... )

 Tomorrow we're off to Barcelona for 5 days.  We're supposed to have an internet connection where we're staying, so maybe I can keep you all updated.  If not, I'll bring you up to date as soon as I can.

Also, K passed his big certificate exam today.  OMG, the back story!  The client requires that all people working on this contract have a ( Read more... )

 "You don't want your muscles to be too big because they just make the fat stick out more."