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I Hate Most Things is the personal blog of Ben Breier.

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Entries in unemployment (2)

Monday
07Sep2009

Dr. Marjorie Lee, die in a fire

DateMonday, September 7, 2009 at 2:46PM

I'm not sure how it happened, but I lost my driver's license last week. When Lifetime switched offices over to the Google building on 8th Avenue, instead of giving me a new building pass I had to check in with my driver's license and be issued a daily temporary pass for admittance into the building. It was definitely a bit annoying, but it was hardly a deal breaker.

Until I somehow lost my license. Obviously.

This left me in a bit of a Catch-22: my ID was a valid Ohio driver's license. In order to get a New York state driver's license after misplacing your out-of-state ID, you need, among other things, a social security card. 

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Monday
24Aug2009

The woes of unemployment

DateMonday, August 24, 2009 at 6:47PM

"I have the worst possible news for you," said Politicker.com publisher David Wildstein.

It was a Thursday in December. It was absolutely frigid outside. And at that point, I was about to lose my job.

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