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Friday, April 15, 1983
By Lon Merry man
Santa Claus unemployed? And Uncle Sam, too? These
two characters are among the dozens on the cover of the
"Second Quarterly Unemployment Calendar" published
by two Lincoln residents, one a UNL student.
Everyone from a nun to superman is pictured in the
unemployment line on the cover of the calendar recently
created by UNL student T. Marni Vos and illustrated by
Lincolnite Peg Sheldrick, former UNL student.
Vos, a senior theater major and Daily Nebraskan
humor columnist, first got the idea for the three-month
calendar filled with funny solutions to the day-to-day
pangs of unemployment. Vos said the humor is intended
to make people think about the seriousness of the job
situation.
Vos, 27, said she uses humor to look at a problem.
After people laugh, they'll think more seriously at the
situation, she said. '
Sheldrick's illustrated answers to living with unemploy
ment include this suggestion: eating your houseplant for
dinner once the cupboards are empty.
Vos said she decided to make the calendar when her
hours were cut at work. The voice of experience can be
detected in Vos suggestions for coping in rough times, as
she lists all the places to get free popcorn during happy
hour.
"I find myself going into a store looking at other items
to see if people are looking at the calendar," she said.
Vos said the most fun aspect of this business venture
came when her mother, who lives in Germany, read about
the calendar in "Stars and Stripes." A local article spurred
international wire news on the "Unemployment Calen-
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People's interest in the calendar has been very encour
aging, Vos said.
"I'll be more likely to take a chance doing something
like this again," she said.
Although named the "Second Quarterly" calendar, this
issue is the first. A brief message to readers in the back of
the calendar explains that the "Unemployment Calen
dar will be renewed as often as the unemployment re
port . . . quarterly."
The calendar is for sale at seven local bookstores. Its
creators said they hope it soon will be marketed on both
coasts. One hundred calendars were printed and distribut
ed to local stores. Each calendar sells for $3.69.
Vos is generally interested in humor; it gives one a
healthy feeling, she said.
"I like laughing a lot, until your stomach just aches,
and then you laugh some more," Vos said. "I love it.
"I want to make a partial living at making people
laugh," she added.
Although Vos does not know how many calendars have
sold, she said she is happy with the warm reception by
local stores.
She has combined her creative efforts with UNL stu
dent David Russell for another satirical look at a serious
situation. Their book, "101 Nuclear Ways to React," has
been sent to a publisher in Boston, she said.
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