It's been almost five and a half months of unemployment, but this evening, I was offered -- and I accepted -- a position working on a contract basis as a content editor for the Yahoo Search Marketing division of Yahoo. I'll be categorizing and proofreading the "sponsored search results" advertisement submissions.

I'm excited, because Yahoo is, by most accounts, a great company to work for. Since I'll be a contractor, I won't get all the employee benefits, but I will get some -- for instance, the soda machine in the break room is set to "free." And there is a reasonable chance that I'll eventually be hired as an actual full-time Yahoo employee, at which point I will start exploring the wonderful world of stock options.

I don't start until May 17th, so now I have about two and a half weeks to relax and collect as much of my unemployment benefits as possible.

In my new position, if I find out anything about "Desperate Housewives," I'm damn sure keeping it to myself.