Laid off old job-found new job

I apologize for the long hiatus from blogging. It came to be that my company announced that they were eliminating my department and I would be put on the street. That was really nice of them. So working class stiff was going to be a non-working class stiff. The good news was that they gave us nearly a years lead time before it was to happen. As soon as we found out, I went to work looking for a new job. And three months later...success! I spent nearly everyday working on my job search and finally hit pay dirt. I started with my new company about a month ago and am very happy there. All's well that ends well. Now I can get back to my life and do some blogging and other things.