All this unemployment business

I found out today that I lost my job. Actually, it's not lost - it's in the vast void of other jobs that have gone the way of the buffalo. There it is on the floor there, with a bunch of chopped up numbers and lost limbs.

I was a newspaper reporter for a smallish daily in Southeastern Michigan. My story is not unique, aside from it's happening to me. I thought at my community newspaper we were cushioned somewhat, but was vastly wrong. Financial issues - their's, not mine - were at the heart, I was told.
I will chronicle the experience here at Frictional Unemployment.