Bonnie,

>Sorry to hear that Dave. =0( But, welcome to the club!

When/where is the official party?

>There seems to be an over-abundance of PHB short-sightedness in the corporate world lately. It seems to be a "cut off your nose to spite your face" kind of action to get rid of the people who truly know what's going on in favor of noobs who don't get paid as much.

Their own end of year bonuses are mostly what matters to them.

>Oh well, don't worry ... you'll find something. I haven't yet, but then I'm not really looking. Startups are more fun anyway. <g>

With only one of 12 quarters down for my daughter at UCLA there needs to be a certain level of stability in what I go after, although what's to say what is and isn't stable these days...