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I'm Back

Hadn't planned on being away this long. Attended a class reunion, which I did most of the planning. It went very well and we are going to do it again in two years.

I'm still unemployed. I guess I hadn't yet met the interviewer and/or HR professional who knows when he sees talent in a good looking middle aged person. Either that or they can't afford to pay me what I'm worth.

Good news is that next Thursday is the first band show of the season. this year I will be featuring video as well as stills on my "From the Pressbox" posts.

Hopefully I won't be such a stranger to my own blog.

Comments

Mike Golch said…
Cliff, we all have our things that we need to deal with,that comes first than blogging.
Anonymous said…
MY One year anniversary of being unemployed.....and I'm a couple of years younger than you. I told people years ago that when NAFTA was passed it would be the death knell for the American worker and I was poo-pooed as be a "negative nelly". Who's laughing [or actually crying] now?
Anonymous said…
Only Americans NAFTA helped were the business owners.

Some people at the company I was formerly employed at wondered at the time whether alot of our work would go to Mexico. Indirectly, many of the jobs went to China.
Brenda said…
Well, I hope you find employment soon. I'm sure something great is coming your way....but I'm excited at the thought of marching band season starting!! (I miss being a band mom).
YEKIMI said…
AIEEEEE! Do something about your "visitor count" thingie to the right. Everytime I look at it, I think my eyesight has gotten even worse. It looks like I'm looking at a 3-D movie without the glasses. It's all blurry! {At least to me}
YEKIMI said…
Other than that, I do like the redesign of the page.
Minerva said…
Welcome back! I know you'll be happy when you start the band shows. I'm still rootin' for you to get that perfect job! It's got to be out there.
Ben said…
Good to hear from you after some absence. As Sis says, that job will come along sooner or later, and I'm voting for sooner.
clean and crazy said…
i haven't been around much myself it is good to see your spirits are still great. hope and pray for you to get a job soon.
Matthew James Killough(Rittman Band's #1 Fan!) said…
heyy Cliff hows it goin? band season begins thursday, yippie and i do believe no rain that day keeping fingers crossed i was wondering if you could tell me if u know what bands r gonna be there in mogadore the only other band then rittman that i know is gonna be there is hudson ??? !!! you takeing videos this year i heard, YaY! GO RITTMAN!!! i'll have myy neww camera ready thursday i'll be recording em in FULL HD this year... also looking forward too goin to jackson's n medina's shows this year never been too em... im not sure if i'll be able too go too the one in edison, how far is it too there from here? i also heard mr. sims say they gonna try n get r alumni band back for our show i REALLY hope he does, miss em......

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