The Hellhole has been offline for a few days to honor the passing of my mother-in-law, Ruth E. Loveman, last Sunday. She was 86 and she had a very good life. She was blessed with beauty and grace. She will be missed by many who knew and loved her.

I have two weeks left on my unemployment benefit. After February 7, I will officially enter the status of "desparate". This does not mean I will panic and take any shit job. It simply denotes that I will relax the tight perameters that have characterized my jop search to date.

Let's hope I don't end up bagging groceries at the supermarket.