Webby - Go to the thread on "How do you learn songs", skip to the middle where Alice talks about learning songs in the shower, and enjoy the silliness that follows in the ensuing posts.

Somewhere there's a web site for musician jokes - you could do a forum search for "jokes" and you might find it.

The possibility of being out of work is scary. It might help to think of other times in the past when you've faced a terrifying situation and how it all worked out in the long run. Hang in there and enjoy that ice cream.