Hi.
This is a half vent and half request of opinions.
Here's the background.

Last april, my boss called me into his office and told me I have to look around for a new job, since from Oct there'll be no money for me. He had said to me before (end of 2006, I have the emails) that he had money for me until sep 2009. This is the same guy that told me when I was in USA, I could come back to Italy and start working with him on May 2007, so I told my ex boss not to renew my visa, and then in Feb, when it was too late for visa, told me he couldn't hire me in May, I had to wait 'til Oct.

Then he asks me where I am going to search for a job. Here are his replies:
University - there's no way you can get a job in the university, beacuse you know how it works, only people who have a strong "saint in paradise" (that's how we call it) can get the job -PS I don't have any saints.
CNR (National council of research) - no, you won't like it, it's a big mess, they are slow in hiring.
Private companies - no, they don't need you, here in Italy companies don't do research, just quality control, so why should they hire you, who have a PhD, when they can hire a kid with a 3-years degree and pay him/her WAY less?

His conclusion is I should go abroad. I came back from US last year, so I don't really feel like going abroad.
Then, he says -I'll tell you if I hear of some positions in some companies that may be of interest to you, of course!
And 2 days later he goes to a meeting with several companies in the biotechnological field WITHOUT SAYING A WORD!!! We found out by pure chance.

So I start looking for a job, and something nice and pretty comes out. They called me on Tue to tell me that I have been selected, I should start working on the 18th of July, and on the 22nd I should leave to l'Aia (where some EU offices are) for a series of lessons about what I am going to work on. This is exciting news, as the salary is much better, but especially, I have much more benefits (that is, more than 0).
I go tell him yesterday, and he trows a tantrum.

He says I am unreliable, I have to finish the work here, I should have told these people I have other engagements and I can't start working before Oct, what have I been doing there until now (working, I replied), that is not a parking lot for people looking for jobs, I am not a reliable person (again), it's true he had told me to look around, but I should have found something starting in Oct.

In all that I was trying telling him that my notebook is in order and anyone can pick up where I left, that part of the work is done it could be publishable, that I wanted to still be in touch with him to write these publications, and so on.
But he cut me repeating I am unreliable, and also told me he is not publishing my paper. I think there is enough material to be published, he thinks not, it's missing 4 days of experiments (!) I should have carried in Berlin at the end of the month.
And I am sure he's gonna take out my name from 2 other papers too. Although I have worked on them 'til yesterday.

So, today I am going to talk to human resources to ask how to write my resignation letter.
But I am afraid he's not gonna pay me for the half month I worked, not gonna publish my stuff, and today ask me what I am doing there and send me home.

Hope I made sense, there's so much I wrote above...
I am going to try talk to him today or tomorrow, but I don't have much hope. He just cuts you while you are talking and goes away, or closes his office door while you are talking.
Yes, he's 4 mental years.

I am sorry that if my paper doesn't get published, it's really as if I was parked there for 9 months. It's a shame b/c it's a nice work, and complete. It's modification of microbubbles so that, once injected in the blood, they reach the cancer site rather than healthy tissues, then release the anticancer drug.
And I am sure in some months he'll pull the data out and publish it wothout my name - he's like that.

So, my request is for some advice on how to deal with this situation (or better, this boss).
I am not sad, just a little angry and disappointed. But I am too happy for the new job to have him ruin my day!

PS it's also my b-day today, and he won't definitely mess up with my day today!! I won't let him.