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Four hours, 46 minutes and 36 seconds. 60 blogs. Late Friday night, someone from Los Angeles took nearly five hours out of their life to read the story of mine. I hope it was Steven Spielberg. Thanks to my new friend at sitemeter.com, I am able to follow the up-to-the-second traffic on my website and see who’s out there. I’ve never tried heroin, but I can’t imagine it being any more addictive than that friggin website. Friday night’s display absolutely blew me away. Thankfully it has become somewhat of a regular occurrence for somebody new to check out a handful of my old blogs. But 60? Wow! Good thing I don’t know who you are or you would have a new BFF. For those of you who have never been unemployed, I don’t really expect you to truly understand the real feeling of being kicked in the gut. I certainly didn’t understand it when I was told nearly twenty months ago that my services were no longer needed. I certainly didn’t understand it nine months later when my contract ran out an...

I realize that this is not a sports blog, but it will be today. If you are not interested in my opinion on the LeBron James story, you’ve got a 123 other entries to choose from. If you are looking for a little love with your white wine, try this one: http://myjourney-unemployed.blogspot.com/2010/02/book-of-love.html Or if you are looking for something sweet, give this a spin: http://myjourney-unemployed.blogspot.com/2010/03/one-degree-of-separation.html Ok, now to our lead story: Dearest LeBron, I cannot remember the last sports story that brought out this much emotion in me. And honestly, I’m not really sure if I can truly connect with those emotions. But I’ll give it a try. On one hand, I applaud you for making winning your #1 priority in choosing Miami over Cleveland.   Or New York.   Or Chicago. If that’s in fact what you really did. On every other hand, I am disgusted by you. I must disclose that my mother comes from Cleveland, so there is no question that I speak from a ...

Merry NBA Christmas! This is the day that basketball fans all over the world have been waiting for. Today, some of the top names in the game are finally “free” agents. Players like LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh and Joe Johnson, Dirk Nowitzki and Paul Pierce. And the list goes on for a bunch of others who will be getting wined and dined in the ultimate rush party. The name of this fraternity is The Millionaire March. Or in the case of LeBron James, The Billionaire March, with a B. King James has always said that he wants to be the first athlete to reach ten figures. He definitely got off to a good start, signing a $90 million dollar deal with Nike before ever playing a game in the NBA. And now is his chance to really cash in. LeBron’s hometown Cavaliers can offer him the most amount of money, about  $127 million over six years. If he signs somewhere else, he could get $97 million over five years. Now I am all for people making as much money as they possibly can, but let's...