I’m having computer problems…

… which is why there was no post yesterday. I’ve been putting off replacing the motherboard on this machine since I accidentally spilled coffee on the keyboard some months ago… but now it id getting worse. When it heats up, the computer has a mind of it’s own and I lose control of either the mouse or the trackpad, making it hard to post.

Since I can’t afford repairs until January when my annual retirement check comes (bless you, TIAA-CREF), we may be having spotty postings for a couple of months (although I’ll try to borrow my wife’s laptop when she doesn’t have it at her job.)

Sorry about that… I’ve missed very few posting days since 2004.

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I had an interesting interview in Charles Town this morning…

As a “99er” who had just about given up on getting a job again (I went on early retirement with Social Security and started calling in my old teacher’s pension from TIAA Cref that I built up teaching in the NY City University system back in the 70s), it was refreshing to get called in for an interview for a position that was in a Craig’s List post a couple of months ago. When I responded to that listing it was certainly no more than a chance event…I have responded to these things before and never heard back from them. This one, however, got in touch with me.

The job is a local writing position at a weekly newspaper in Jefferson County (WV), The Spirit Of Jefferson County, covering town meetings and other events in the small towns of our area. For someone who writes every day (mostly, of course, in this blog) and who gets into local news on the Winners and Losers program on WSHC Friday mornings, this seems ideal.

I met with the Publisher and Managing Editor at their Charles Town office and had the usual kind of back and forth interview you would expect… “Tell us about yourself”, etc…. and I left feeling pretty good about it.

Of course I’m not the only one being interviewed, so this is just as likely to fall through as not, nut it was nice to be back on the trail again…especially at a place where I think I can offer something. I’d also like to get these people as guests on the radio show.

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