Not very long after moving in to this wonderful urban townhouse, I was compelled to resign my job due to an imperious bully running the department I was mistakenly thrown into. An incompetent manager did not help things. I tried, I really did try to find a better position in that company, but to no avail. In spite of resigning, they paid me severance and covered all my benefits for the remainder of the year. Go figure.
Unfortunately the job market is awful. It took me seven months to find a contract job. For a while it was really good. Work at home, get very well paid! Then they cancelled the project after one and a half months. Now my income is zero and expenses continue apace. In two months the bank account will also be zero.
Now I have to look at jobs paying about half of what I need to keep the boat afloat.
The problem is this big and positive change has a big price tag. A two income household should cover it fine, but now we have one part time and the other no time. Not a good time.
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
The background picture for this blog
The background picture for this blog is one of the collection of images offered by Google. I would have used one of my own pictures, but this picture got to me right away. I wanted something to illustrate the idea of the urban landscape, and what did I find but a picture of Grand Central Station in midtown Manhattan. I grew up near NYC and I always was fascinated by this space and the grandeur of it, the grandeur coming from having been built in a previous age when grand structures evoked so brilliantly the glory that was Greece and the grandeur that was Rome (from "To Helen" as reconstructed by Edgar Allen Poe).
To me, Grand Central Station epitomizes the urban scene, particularly the urban scene as personified by NYC, even more particularly by Manhattan. I don't live near there now, but I am in another urban scene, namely Boston. More specifically Chelsea, but so close to and so integrated with Boston that there isn't any material difference even though Chelsea is a separate city. Interestingly Chelsea is also the name given to a neighborhood on the west side of Manhattan. But there many other places named Chelsea in the world. That is OK, Chelsea is nice name.
To me, Grand Central Station epitomizes the urban scene, particularly the urban scene as personified by NYC, even more particularly by Manhattan. I don't live near there now, but I am in another urban scene, namely Boston. More specifically Chelsea, but so close to and so integrated with Boston that there isn't any material difference even though Chelsea is a separate city. Interestingly Chelsea is also the name given to a neighborhood on the west side of Manhattan. But there many other places named Chelsea in the world. That is OK, Chelsea is nice name.
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