The front cover of The New York Times today almost made me want to buy the paper. Then I realized that I didn't have two bucks in my pocket and hurried home to the computer to read it online. If I had had two bucks, I probably would have blown it on the paper -- the news was that exciting.

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WTVM of Columbus, Georgia, reports that the numbers to be announced Thursday in Georgia will show the highest rate of unemployment ever recorded in that state. The only surprise here is that it took so long into this endless recession for Georgia to reach this point.

AFP reports that software titan Adobe Systems -- the maker of Photoshop, Shockwave, and your favorite PDF reader -- announced that it will be cutting 680 jobs. This represents nearly 10 percent of the company's global workforce.

In its SEC filing regarding the restructuring, Adobe announced that it would incur between $65-71 million in short-term costs for the restructuring. Apparently they are paying good severance packages.

You have probably already heard the news that the U.S. unemployment rate finally rose above 10 percent to 10.2 percent. This was much higher than the 9.9 percent that economists had predicted.

To me this number is meaningless except as a psychological reminder. To me the "numbers" that matter are the uncounted millions of people affected by this social disease. Of more concern to me than the grossly deflated official unemployment rate are the 190,000 jobs that were lost in October. That's 190,000 households hit, 190,000 more sh*tty holidays, 190,000 more competing for the few (if any) jobs that are available, 190,000 more people to become depressed -- 190,000 lives (plus their families) turned upside down.

The British newspaper, The Guardian's job board was hacked, exposing 500,000 resumes to potential identity theft. The newspaper's response? Tell users of the board to buy identity theft protection. Talk about a slap in the face! (You're looking for a job on our site. We messed up. Now you have to pay for our mess-up.)

Another British job board -- Monster.uk -- was hacked earlier this year. There have been other cases.