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I’m feeling better this week now that I’ve lined up a bunch of interviews over the next few days before heading away for Thanksgiving. On the positive side, this whole situation has finally provided the impetus for me to look outside the NY area, so a few of this week’s interviews are of the phone variety, for positions in Chicago, Phoenix and a few other cities. It’s exciting, but with a robust social circle and my family all based around the NY area, it feels like a big gamble, too.

Life feels like a recipe sometimes. We’re constantly trying to find the right mix of friends, family, love and success. Everyone needs a different proportion to make the flavor just right. Over time, we try different mixes - sometimes adding more friends and reducing the amount of love, and sometimes pouring on the success but only a sprinkle of the other ingredients. Some people find the right proportions early on, some take a long time and some… well, some never find it. Heck, some people force themselves to tolerate a taste they don’t like - just because they hate to cook.

On that note, a few more thoughts on food preparation:

Gary Tyrell of Fleen.com shares some thoughts about my past, present and future - and posts a photo that reminds me why I need to put thought into every image I post on a public site.

Heidi MacDonald of Publishers Weekly comic blog The Beat adds some thoughts of her own to the mix - along with a few commenters who confuse me on so many levels.