God-Wrestler

Job Hunting for your true vocation

Q: I’ve been unemployed for over three months and I collect unemployment insurance.

Quite frankly, I enjoy the “vacation” and have stopped looking for a job.

This is great but I have to certify that I’m still job hunting.

Is that OK? It’s my money, isn’t it?

A: I believe the money came from your employer as part of our fair labor laws.

It’s intent was to cushion the trauma of job loss for everyone.

The danger is to claim it as a personal “right,” and then abuse it.

Your dilemma is twofold. First, continuing to be dishonest under the

A cat's tale of two owners

Q: My beloved cat was lost for four months.

Yesterday I discovered a family a block away found her injured from a cat fight, nursed her back to health ($350 worth!) and have adapted her.

They love her deeply, but so do I.

Do I let them keep Pywacket? (Now called “Snooky,” yuck!)

A: Legally, a case could be made for returning things to its rightful owner, but then again “possession is nine-tenths of the law.”

Maybe a “cat call-off” (with the two of you standing on either side of the cat begging it to come to you) could “prove” who is right.

(Here’s an unethical hint; rub some oily tuna on your hands! Just kidding.... )

But both of you have attachments to this well loved pet, and we know that