No, this isn't about me.

This is an excerpt from 12/3/11 Chicago Tribune article, "Landing On Their Feet" by Tribune reporters Julie Wernau and Alejandra Cancino:

A job when he wasn't looking

Mike Gebert wasn't one of the statistics when he was unemployed. That's because he wasn't looking for a job. Now he's making $200 a day as part-time editor of New York Media's Grub Street Chicago food blog.

The Roscoe Village resident's last desk job was an advertising gig in New York that went bust during the dot-com era. Since then, he's alternated between spending time as "Mr. Mom" for his two sons and juggling freelance advertising projects. But in the end, it was his video blog, Sky Full of Bacon, that landed him in foodie circles and eventually at Grub Street.

"I'm an example of do what you want to do and hope that a job will come out of there somewhere," he said.

Whenever a thought or story comes my way, I will post what I and others have done to pursue opportunities to get in the ad biz or find an ad afterlife. Maybe it will spark an idea or two for you. You can read the article here. You can check out Grub Street Chicago here.