When last we left the intrepid Test Tube Phoenix, he'd just be denied the unemployment that was going to be keeping him alive and insured, and he was looking to go down hard. Martyrdom wasn't outside the realm of possibility. But not too long after he wrote his last journal, he got the call from his Congressman's office:
Unemployment was granted. He had his stay of execution.
So how did he manage it? Switch from the third to the first person, and follow me below, for a tale which may help others facing the awful situation that I did.
