Lots of bad economic news on the job front today. Yahoo reported (link) tens of thousands of jobs were lost, with ranges between 60k to 70k today alone. Insane. Variety (link) just had a round of layoffs today, about 7%. This is the second round in less than a year, which I guess is to be expected as publishing is pretty down across the board (L.A. Times, anyone?). I don't know where all these unemployed people are going to go for work. Even coffee houses aren't hiring. My local Starbucks has been empty as of late. Depressing news. Glad I still have my job for now...

Side note: I found this interesting article about how Dark Knight being snubbed at the Oscars is related to the Variety layoffs (link).