Two days later, there was another message from him on my answering machine. I called him back and he said that he would be willing to hire someone with my skills for such a short period of time, knowing the boundaries in which he would be working. We set up an interview for Wednesday night. After work, I went to his office downtown and met with him. It took him all of ten minutes to ask me if I could start on Monday.
Patience is a virtue.
That's one lesson I'm still learning. The Five Degrees of the Donkey 1. I worked for the Dems during Election 2000. While desperately searching for employment, I called up the husband of the Vice Chair, Dave Wentworth, to ask him for some quality Dem law firms. Good Dem attorney John Nicoara sent me a wonderful letter telling me that he wished he had a spot for me in his office, and he felt I would have no trouble finding a job.