Job numbers

I continue to be perplexed by the job stats in the newspaper. Today's Chron article has me scratching my head. Can anyone explain the following paragraph from the article to me?

The unemployment rate rose to 5.7 percent from 5.6 percent in February primarily because 179,000 people entered the labor force, as better prospects lured job seekers to search for work.

Huh?

The "good news" for the day was that there were 308,000 new jobs. Jobs go up and unemployment goes up? I do understand that it's not a one-to-one ratio. One person can hold multiple jobs, but a person can only be counted unemployed once (and then later drop off the stats after unemployment insurance runs out). So it's a multiple jobs thing.

The article later points out that part-time jobs increased from 4.4 million to 4.7 million last month. Ah, so there's that 300,000 number.

Would you like fries with that?

Busy Friday

I've been very busy at work lately. I had two installs on Friday evening. Both seemed to go okay. THANK GOD.

Some other department is pushing out the date on another project of mine. I notified my boss, so we'll see where that goes. This project has been delayed numerous times, and it's one of the items always brought up against me in meetings. The other group needs more testing time. I agree. Whatever.

Got my haircut at lunchtime. Michael was sick, so Kyle did it. It was nice to sit there and not try to make up conversation. I prefer to just close my eyes and be notified when the haircut is complete.

I worked early and late due to installs, so I made an afternoon break for the gym. Glad to get on the treadmill again. Wish I could find more time to keep it up.

Got home, then we went to Chevy's on Van Ness for dinner. We waited for about 10-15 minutes for a table, but then the service was really fast. We had food within 10 minutes of sitting down. Fast service is so unusual. I adore it.

Walked back down to New Conservatory Theatre for A Man Of No Importance. It was okay. Not bad. Not especially good. Most of the actors were good. I didn't care for the Irish-themed music. I'd like to get the music for one song, Princess, but that's probably about it. I'd rename this show as "A Musical Of No Importance."

Caught Muni from Van Ness Station. It stopped at Church Street and notified us then that Castro Street Station was closed due to no power. We walked from Church. Saw several places with no power, but most had it. Saw that The Edge was packed, and it had no power. Probably lots of fun.

Got home and watched this week's taped episode of The Apprentice, then off to bed.