Walks like an iron, talks like an iron . . .

Must be irony . . .

So, the grant that funds my position running a youth initiaitve for the Washington County Economic Opportunity Council, Inc., is being ended two years early -- June 30, 2009.

It happened, partially, because the Department of Health needed to get a better bang for fewer bucks in all its programs, because iof state budget cuts due to the economic downturn.

So, my boss at EOC -- a fairly new boss -- is trying to find money in her budget to keep me with EOC.

The money she finds will likely be stimulus money, to counter the economic downturn.

What would my job be? Well, among other things, I will likely be an unemployment counselor.

Yeah, lost one job, gain another, counsel people who lost theirs.

I won't find out absolutely yes until May 15.

I may find out that it's a no before then.

Life, you never know what you are going to get.

I appreciate all the support from my friends.

I will keep you posted.

Thursday evening: Just another day . . . .

1. Well, for a change there are no cats on the desk, but I am rotating among three mouses trying to get one to work for any conisstent period of time.

2. I have s second phone interview for the wicked cool charter school in Troy, NY, tomorrow afternoon. I talked to one of their hiring folks, now I get to talk to the principal. If I pass that interview, I have to present a lesson. It's a brand-new middle school, part of the Uncommon Schools group.

3. I am impressed with how quickly Connecticut moved to codify Gay marriage this wee. I know it was court-ordered, but it was really quick.

4. This from a story about a high school drill team competition in Utah. Is this line just really wrong?

 The UHSAA says Hicks was penalized for "unsportsmanship," for his criticism of a judge after the state tournament.

5. If you are a Harry Dresden fan, you gotta read "Turncoat." It's among his best work. I will post more later.

6. OK, the New York Times tell us about a high school junior who will be playing professional basketball in Europe in lieu of his senior year in high school. I do not like this trend.

SAN DIEGO — Jeremy Tyler, a 6-foot-11 high school junior whom some consider the best American big man since Greg Oden, says he will be taking a new path to the N.B.A He has left San Diego High School and said this week that he would skip his senior year to play professionally in Europe.

Tyler, 17, would become the first United States-born player to leave high school early to play professionally overseas. He is expected to return in two years, when he is projected to be a top pick, if not the No. 1 pick, in the 2011 N.B.A Draft.

Some background:

His decision is perhaps the most important one since Kevin Garnett  jumped straight to the N.B.A. from high school in 1995. Garnett was the No. 5 pick in the N.B.A. draft and ushered in a generation of preps-to-pros stars like  Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and Dwight Howard.
A minimum-age rule passed for the 2006 draft cut off that route, essentially forcing players to spend at least one year in college.

And his adviser says:

Sonny Vaccaro, a former sneaker company executive, orchestrated Jennings’s move and has guided Tyler and his family through the process.

“It’s significant because it shows the curiosity for the American player just refusing to accept what he’s told he has to do,” Vaccaro said. “We’re getting closer to the European reality of a professional at a young age. Basically, Jeremy Tyler is saying, ‘Why do I have to go to high school?’ ”

7. Oh, yes. From yesterday, a nice, quick guilty verdict in this case of the murder of a transgendered woman.