Dr. Phil started off as a puff piece with Susan Sarandon.  She has a new movie out called Jeff : Who Lives At Home. Jason Segel is her 30-year-old son, Jeff.  Ed Helms is the married son with a job and a house.

The second half was about a 19 year-old that didn’t graduate high school, doesn’t have a driver’s license, and smokes pot and drinks.  Dr. Phil said he would get the kid a life manager and help the guy get a job.

After he did a bio piece on a producer that had been with him for the whole ten years he started this sentence with “if you’ve got a family member that you feel isn’t pulling his weight”.  That’s when I turned the TV off, got off the couch, and went into the bedroom to work on the Linux computer.

I don’t feel I make a equal contribution to the household because I’ve been out of work for almost 2 years.  The first 15 months I didn’t have a left foot.  I did go on a couple of interviews on the knee scooter.  Those did not go well.

All this time my wife has been doing all the household chores and supporting us through freelance editing.  I only bring in unemployment benefits.  I do send out 3 resumes a day to openings that I feel I have chance at getting.

When I’m not watching cable I work on my computer skills on both Windows and Linux.  I try to learn javascript, C#, web scripting, and SQL.