Taking time off to vote

From Lifehacker.com (lifehacker_rss):

Voting isn't just your civic duty — it's also a great excuse to leave work early or arrive fashionably late. Most states require employers to give time off to employees in order to punch a ballot if work hours overlap significantly with polling station hours. Some states even mandate that you get paid during that time. Check out this state-by-state breakdown to see if you qualify for a little quality time away from the office to exercise your right as a citizen. We promise to look the other way if you vote by absentee ballot and take the free time anyway.

Time Off to Vote for Employees — A State by State Survey

And we all breathe a big sigh of relief

Rob told me last night that his case worker at the DIsplaced Worker Center told him that there's federal money available for us, too, which will give us another 13 weeks of breathing room. I'm very relieved; the state money runs out for us in another four weeks or so. I thought the federal money hadn't passed Congress so I'm confused as to where this money is coming from but hey, I'll take it. This will take us through February, and then we have about three months of saving left after that.

Surely he will have found something by then.

Next week he's going to start a two-week course through the Displaced Workers center on jobhunting (mornings only) which he REALLY needs, because I think he's rather clueless about this whole jobhunting thing and could really use the help.

Interesting

Here's an interesting article analyzing the newspaper endorsements in the 2008 US Presidential election.

Getting ready for Halloween?

Thanks to dreamflower02 for pointing out this link where you can make an online jack o'lantern. Try it--it's a lot of fun!