Parallels

There are things beyond my control that will frustrate me until I am able to accept such circumstances and worry about things I can control.
I believe that the Serenity Prayer is a re-occurring theme in Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five. It's been years since I read the book, but I remember the prayer being written on a locket dangling in the cleavage of the B-movie star. Pictures/drawings makes such images easier to recall, and KV had a way with crude drawings. I didn't know there was such thing as such a prayer until an alcoholic told me that the prayer was said during AA meetings. This makes sense since K's uncle supposedly founded an AA chapter, and K was always intrigued by the artificial extended family element that AA created.
Anyways, given the nature of the Serenity Prayer, one must wonder how much free will is one allowed to fret.
I can pick my friends, but I cannot pick my family.
I can pick my degree of education, but I can't force someone to hire me.
I am frustrated that I cannot get work, so I pursue things outside my typical field in addition to expanding my geographic search. I still meet the same result of going no where, which suggests that I'm still doing the same thing and expecting different results. I'm doing a number of things differently, so I'm thinking I need to scrap everything I've worked towards and start over.
The reality is that I'm not comfortable starting over. I've a skill set and degree that already makes me overqualified for most entry level positions, and I've been passed over because employers don't want to hire someone that will up and leave for greener pastures at first opportunity.
When I was an infant, my mom quit her teaching job. I am not sure of the reasons, but I take it that she wasn't comfortable with childcare arrangements. She never got another full time teaching position until I was in college. She always tried to get another job even while I was a toddler, but the best she could do was be a long term sub. Not sure why, especially considering she was a special ed teacher, but we lived on a single income for the most part when you consider my father is a teacher as well.We could have moved to another job market, but my dad didn't want to lose his seniority.
I don't want to be like my parents and willfully inflicting harm upon my children out of selfishness of being determined to work within my field without moving.

New Twitter handle

So I changed my handle on Twitter, I found one that wasn't taken and works for me in a more professional way. (Hint: I don't pronounce the "a" in my name, so I dropped it.)

Thing about changing your handle is that anyone can swoop and take your discarded handle and potentially do harm to your brand. Followers follow the new handles by the email address associated with the account, not the handle itself. So, your account can be blocked based on email address associated with the handle, but you can still follow under another account with associated with another email address.

If you are in the habit of blocking people willy-nilly, I suggest that you make your account private in the first place.

I have a ton of email addresses, so I could have a ton of Twitter accounts. I don't tweet often, but I follow people regularly. Some I shouldn't because they aren't Infovegan.

Re-election doesn't exactly mean four more years

When Bill Clinton was re-elected in 1996, he had a Senate and House that were hostile and pursued impeachment against him. Flimsy charge regarding a blue dress, but it was an impeachable offense.

Imagine if Bill Clinton was ousted from office in 1999. Al Gore would have become president and be eligible for two additional terms.

The initial tech bubble burst during the last year of Clinton's term, so alternate history would have the same for Gore. Clinton was popular unlike Nixon, so Gore probably wouldn't have had the same issues that Ford had.

Gore would have a record to run against GWB, and the race wouldn't be as close as it was.

Just a passing reflection.