So it’s official: We’re moving to Richmond. Roanoke’s economy is just not very good, and, as our neighbor pointed out, finding a decent job that pays more than $8.00 an hour isn’t easy.

In Richmond, though, we have the lowest unemployment rate in the state (3.2 percent, I think), plus the whole state-government thing. And a good job. :)

This time we’re gonna save a lot on the move by A) tossing a lot of stuff, and B) packing a POD ourselves so we can save the big and burly men for the big and burly stuff.

There is something incredibly satisfying about tossing stuff. These are things we’ve had in boxes in the attic but haven’t used in three years, so it’s time for them to meet the trash heap (or the Freecycle list).

So for the next six weeks it’s Land o’ Boxes for us. More on stuff — if you care — as it happens.

Dilbert must work in a non-at-will state. In today’s strip, “Keith” (a non-regular character) is told that he’s the next employee targeted for elimination.

“I’ll be using a rumor campaign to convince everyone you are dishonest and incompetent,” Alice says to him.

Had this been an at-will employment state like, say, Virginia, of course, Alice wouldn’t have to make up lies or excuses to get rid of the guy. The company could simply say, “We don’t want you here anymore.”

The joke is that Alice is such a nasty person that she wants to screw with Keith’s life to get him out of a job even though she doesn’t have to. Funny stuff!