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In the Ballad of a Thin Man, the great poet from Minnesota, Robert Zimmerman said that “something is happening here, but you don’t know what it is.” I know he wasn’t talking about me, but those words describe how I’m feeling at the moment. Not in a bad way either. Since joining the unemployed fraternity more than 18 months ago, I’ve experienced more ups and downs than the New York Stock Exchange. I can't really pinpoint why I’m feeling bullish at the moment other than to say, I'm feeling some kind of buzz and thankfully it’s not my vibrating cell phone. It could be because in the last few days, I have spoken with a couple of former colleagues about working on some new projects with them. But that’s really nothing new. Talk is something we have done a lot of in the last year. Maybe what makes this different is that these new talks seem to have had a lot more to them than just, “wouldn’t it be cool if _____.” This time, we’ve put our thoughts on paper. This time, we’ve deve...

For the last 15 months, my therapist has learned a lot about me. This week, I learned something about her. She likes buying books from amazon.com. Big books, little books, new books, old books. Just books. This week, she showed me a used book that she purchased called, “I Believe in You”. Based on the title, I’m guessing its pretty inspirational, but we never made it to page one. On the inside of the front cover was a handwritten note from a man to his daughter, dated Christmas 2000. Kelly, 24 things to always remember and 1 thing to never forget. your presence is a present to the world you're unique and one of a kind your life can be what you want it to be take the days just one at a time count your blessings, not your troubles you’ll make it through whatever comes along within you are so many answers understand, have courage, be strong don’t put limits on yourself so many dreams are waiting to be realized decisions are too important to leave...