OK, here's the scoop:

Having been underemployed for almost 9 months, I have decided that my "traditional" job choices are going to be largely beyond my reach. So, I've been putting my old noggin to work on how to "reinvent" myself so that I don't have to deliver papers until I die.

Next month, there will be a business expo here in town. Along with the expo will be a job fair where you can turn in your resume.

So, here's where I'm going with this. Over 13 years' involvement in politics, both in campaign work and as a lobbyist, over 20 years in research, and 5 1/2 years in an administrative capacity at a group home should be enough to create an impressive resume if I focus more substantially in volunteer and unpaid administrative activities than on my paid employment, which is largely manual labor. Checking out a few books on Microsoft Word, Access and Excel (which I have installed on my home computer) and a month's time should give me the ability to claim "proficiency" in all of those software programs if I apply myself. Add to that my typing skills, which are almost certainly (though not officially timed, I measure them against when I WAS officially timed in the early 90's) in the 60-70 WPM range, and I think I can put together something that will net me a better job.

At any rate, I've nothing to lose (I have a few select people I may be emailing to "proof" my resume for me at a later date). Whaddya think?