tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988729.post6567533734369737083..comments2024-03-27T11:42:47.601-04:00Comments on Another Monkey: A new start in a new yearD.B. Echohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01797128570217627410noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988729.post-42757037626640273182011-01-03T22:06:04.775-05:002011-01-03T22:06:04.775-05:00I've been itching to try this role playing sys...I've been itching to try this role playing system called Universalis out in writing form. My idea sounds an awful lot like your chain novel idea.<br /><br />Basically, the idea behind Universalis is that no one person is the creator and no one person are the characters. Anyone can introduce a character or idea at any time, and anyone can expand an already introduced character or idea at any time. Now in the game system, who gets to do what when is put up for sale with the in-game currency, but in a novel form I think it would just have to be collaborative.<br /><br />Rather than a chain novel, with author following author, I'm curious to see how a more free-form approach to who does what when would work itself out.mojo shivershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04631330718985410058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988729.post-81917481589692719082011-01-03T00:29:07.055-05:002011-01-03T00:29:07.055-05:00I think you're being paranoid about government...I think you're being paranoid about government jobs. The amount of effort needed to hire someone is so great, the paperwork so annoying, that if someone says they're hiring, assume they actually want you around for awhile. This is entirely aside from the issue of whether government jobs may be cut due to funding issues. Hiring someone so as to fire them quickly to show a cost saving is not the way government departments think, IMHO. I'd say, look over the government hiring lists and see if there's anything that looks worth your while.<br /><br />Your points about unemployment are well taken, but - should we just let people starve? Lose their homes because they have NO income and can't pay rent? Way back when, people found a relative with some form of income and bunked with them, but even then there were people without relatives who were S.O.L., and ended up living under a bridge. And nowadays, we've essentially destroyed the extended family. If I had to bunk with a relative, my sister would take me in, but I'd have to relocate to Las Vegas and lose my whole network of friends. The real reason it isn't in your long term economic interest to take a job that pays less than your unemployment is because the unemployment will, eventually, <i>go away</i>. Even with all the extensions you can only sit on it for about 3 years. If there were any kind of job market out there, you wouldn't even be considering that option.hederahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01696592301686568456noreply@blogger.com