Thursday, February 04, 2010

I Should Audition For a Gig at the AP

8/13/09:

WASHINGTON — The number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits rose unexpectedly last week, while continuing claims fell sharply.


10/22/09:

(AP) The number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for jobless benefits rose more than expected last week, as employers remain reluctant to hire even with the economy showing signs of recovery.


12/17/09:

WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of newly laid off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose last week as the recovery of the nation's battered labor market proceeds in fits and starts.


1/21/2010:

WASHINGTON — The number of newly-laid off workers seeking jobless benefits unexpectedly rose last week, as the job market recovers at a slow and uneven pace.


1/28/09:

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of new claims for unemployment benefits fell less than expected last week, fresh evidence the job market remains a weak spot in the economic recovery.


2/4/10:

WASHINGTON – The number of newly laid-off workers filing initial claims for jobless benefits rose unexpectedly last week, evidence that layoffs are continuing and jobs remain scarce.


10/28/09:

Sales of new U.S. homes unexpectedly tumbled in September, their first drop in six months, underscoring the hazards to an economic recovery that businesses appeared to be banking on.


12/23/09:

WASHINGTON — Sales of new homes plunged unexpectedly last month to the lowest level since April, a sign the housing market recovery will be rocky.


1/27/10:

Sales of new homes fell unexpectedly in December, capping the industry's worst year on record and fueling concern that the housing market turnaround could falter.


Here, let me try.

I woke up this morning at 6:00, a time that had arrived unexpectedly, to the see the sun unexpectedly rising in the east, took a shower, in which the water was unexpectedly wet, and poured myself a cup of coffee from the coffee maker I had set up and programmed the night before, that had unexpectedly produced a pot of coffee at 6:15.

Then I stepped out of my house here in New Hampshire to find that it was unexpectedly cold outside, so I had to scrape off the frost that had unexpectedly formed on my windshield, using the ice scraper which I unexpectedly found behind the seat of the truck, right where I had left it.

I'm in the wrong line of work. This shit is easy.