Posted: 08^th March 2010

Jobless

Well, I'm not yet jobless, but my working contract will end soon, as my boss is going to close the shop. By then, I'll have been in the food-health shop for nearly 16 years. Now I know I'm not the only one in such a situation, and I'm certainly better off than those who have to work for a living, which I currently don't have to do, but it is still somehow devastating. I have never in my life written a CV, for instance. When I was young, I just went to wherever I knew they were looking for people, asked for a job and got it. As simple as that. But things have changed, and if you don't have any certifications to prove you know how to do a job, you don't have a chance of getting any decent job. And then there is the paperwork. And I guess I'll have to go and get some photos done, too. It certainly looks as if I'll be busy with all this for quite some time to come. Unfortunately, the Bundesagentur für Arbeit (National Job Agency) is not renowned for being helpful at all. Add to it that due to the global economic crisis there are incredibly many people looking for a job, I'm not optimistic.

Good job there is the Post which keeps me busy with things I understand and love. We have another debutant, Toy Box, whose article you'll find below.

Keep an eye on your lawn once the snow has gone (by the looks of it, this might happen in June): if it is pink, read Nigel's advice. I've browsed the archives again, and we got a lot of brilliant submissions. I hope you'll enjoy this issue as much as I do.

B'Elana

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  Gheorgheniplex


Planet Bergen-Enkheim

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  A Life on the Ocean Wave


Mosquito Bites

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  Platypus Dancing
  


Meanwhile, on a small blue planet...

CLEVER WITH WORDS

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  The Acrostic Poetry Challenge


Acrostics about Storms

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  No Bad Spellerz Need Apply


Can you spell?

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  Monkey Novelist Sends Literary World Bananas


A clever monkey writes...

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  Silence is Golden


Do women chatter and men talk little?

BOOKS AND MUSIC

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  Reading Matter for Aliens


From the Booknook Archive

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  Jean Michel Jarre in Concert 2010


Toy Box went and is under a magic spell

BUREAUCRACY

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  Fast Cartoons


No easy way out

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  Escape Pod Dreams


The "Just Be Yourself but Don't Tell Them Anything" Issue

Grass and Stones

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  Nigel's Gardening Hints and Tips


Pink Lawns

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  Fragmented


Baxter is confused

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  Announcements
  


Meets, sites, events etc

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  Email the Post Team
  


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