Any positive ju-ju, good thoughts, intercessory prayers, or well-wishes you might be inclined toward, I’ve got an important job interview Friday that I would not at all turn down a scosh of meta-whatever you want to toss my way.
I haven’t talked much about my unemployment and job search and that sort of thing, as it too often feels like either crying in my beer or kvetching about something far too many others are going through.
But … it would be nice for a number of reasons to be done with the not-having-a-job, and the particular position I’m interviewing for (final round, as far as I can tell) would be an excellent fit in multiple dimensions for what I’ve been looking for. So … yeah, ‘twould be nice.
More anon. Thanks!
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Fingers crossed, Dave.
I hope it goes very well indeed!
Best of luck!
~~ May you surprise yourself with how well you do ~~
~~ May God keep you in the palm of His hand ~~
ju-ju sent!
go get it!
Good luck!
Good Luck.
You know I'm always on your side. Knock 'em dead. Then we need to do a podcast soon.
Break a thingie
Or…
THE TALISMAN.
It is said that anyone going out hunting and carrying it in his game-bag, cannot but shoot something worthwhile and bring it home.
An old hermit once found an old, lame huntsman in a forest, lying beside the road and weeping. The hermit asked him the cause of his dejection. “Ah me, thou man of God, I am a poor, unfortunate being; I must annually furnish my lord with as many deer, and hares, and partridges, as a young and healthy huntsman could hunt up, or else I will be discharged from my office; now I am old and lame; besides game is getting scarce, and I cannot follow it up as I ought to; and I know not what will become of me.” Here the old man’s feelings overcame him, and he could not utter another word.
The hermit, upon this, took out a small piece of paper, upon which he wrote some words with a pencil, and handing it to the huntsman, he said: “there, old friend, put this in your game-bag whenever you go out hunting, and you shall certainly shoot something worthwhile, and bring it home, too; yet be careful to shoot no more than you necessarily need, nor to communicate it to anyone that might misuse it, on account of the high meaning contained in these words.” The hermit then went on his journey, and after a little the huntsman also arose, and without thinking of anything in particular he went into the woods, and had scarcely advanced a hundred yards when he shot as fine a roebuck as he ever saw in his life.
This huntsman was afterward and during his whole lifetime lucky in his hunting, so much so that he was considered one of the best hunters in that whole country. The following is what the hermit wrote on the paper:
Ut nemo in sense tentat, descendre nemo.
At precedenti spectatur mantica tergo.
The best argument is to try it.
Good luck!
Fortuna on your shoulder.
I’d miss all the time and care you make on G+ posts, but job search takes priority!
Damn its sad we even have to work at our age.. They keep pushing the time I can get full social security I will be working till I'm 80
So interviews went well. Won't hear anything until the turn of the month, alas. Back to the grind until then.
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+Dave Hill Good to hear. Hoping for the best for you. 🙂
How did it go?
Gosh, good luck! I hope their decision bends your way!
Thanks, again, all.
(And in particular to @Marc, for an interesting bit of research. Though I’m less interested in comparing bags than basically having one at this point. 🙂 )