Women Over 50: Finding Work

Far too many of my over 50 friends are finding it hard to find work after being laid off. I have noticed an area where jobs are growing - and that is in assisting families and seniors with errands, driving them to medical appts and other personal services (note: this is not senior home health care which often requires medical  training). This NY Times article discusses some of these jobs, especially those that focus on helping the 70-80 year old baby boomers. Before this year, working as an independent contractor often meant losing out on health care but thank God for the Affordable Care Act as it at least removes the pre-existing condition exclusion.

This Existential Moment Brought To You By The Maker Of Stardusts

We enjoyed the new Cosmos show on Fox last night. Interestingly, I had a brief panic attack when they laid out the universe's history along a 1 year calendar timeline and explained that all of human recorded history took place in the last 14 seconds of the year and that our lives....well, microseconds wouldn't even cover it.

Until I remembered that matter is not lost in the universe and, as they pointed out in the show, we are all made of exploded stars. And that the stars must have been equally as scared when they were exploding because they could not have imagined they'd end up as (or in) us. So it is OK to be a bit freaked. And who knows what the next "calendar" year will bring when we change form again.

Calling All Vidders and Fans of Fanvids

Vidukon, the fan run vidding convention in the UK is open for registration and they have a few more memberships left. Even if you cannot attend, a supporting membership will get you the convention DVD and live access to the streaming content.  More here.