65 Good Things about Unemployment

65. You get to read optimistic daily forecasts about your future.
Millions of Unemployed Face Years Without Jobs, yesterday’s NYTimes http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/21/business/economy/21unemployed.html

64. You put hot sauce on your cold cereal to boost your spirits before reading the Sunday want ads.

63. You cook when family come to visit. The oven goes out, so you finally understand these lyrics: Someone left the cake out in the rain. I don't think that I can take it 'Cause it took so long to bake it. And I'll never have that recipe again, oh no... Yes, Richard Harris sings MacArthur Park…all seven minutes of it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amzJDSsC2IA&feature=related

 62. You become a member of the unemployed underground. Dues are paid in-kind. Everyone is welcome.

61. You have no excuse not to attend a relative’s memorial service. You drive cross country and charge your gas to one of your new credit cards. You get to see your five-year-old nephew play a critical game in his basketball career.


///  For Good Things numbered 52 through 60, see 60 Good Things about Unemployment posted February 10, 2010.
For Good Thing numbered 51, see 51 Good Things about Unemployment posted February 1, 2010.
For Good Things numbered 26 through 50, see 50 Good Things about Unemployment posted on January 31, 2010.
For Good Things numbered 1 through 25, see 25 Good Things about Unemployment posted on January 6, 2010. \\\