of not really "wanting" work. "Lie like a dog" means that you're passing up opportunities you could be going after.

Some of that might be "depression related". After you've been out of work a while, you kind of decide that no employer wants you, that you can't really do anything, and you want to stop trying.

But that is exactly when your next opportunity will show up, and if you fight the "urge" to "dirge", then you might, just might find your next gig.

Not all employers are alike. Someone will take a chance on you, eventually.

Also, if you'll show some initiative while you're out of work. (Make a website, do VBScript, do a VB project, etc. ), then the employer will realize that you're not a "lie like a dog" person.

You have fire and initiative and your chances of find a job will improve about 3000 percent.

Glen Austin