How I could have neglected to post a picture of Taye Diggs for the entire month I'll never know. But as we wind up Black history month it's worth noting that Taye is drop dead gorgeous, well, he is.




I love Blair Underwood too, there's something about that mischievous little grin.

Well I hope your Black History Month was exciting. March's theme has not been decided yet. probably something spring-y. Lots of speedos and pornstaches I hope.

I'm back on the adoption records trail. It appears now that the adoption was handled in Kansas which is an open records state and I've sent off requests to find out what I can. I've questioned my motives a couple of times in this little drama, but in the end I've decided I have the right to know where I came from and who I am, technically, and I'm going to exercise those rights.

Speaking of exercise, it's supposed to be 60 degrees here tomorrow which means I'll be riding at some point. I cannot wait to get on a bike. I'd like to get on a horse too, but one thing at a time.

Dinner with oldflame this evening, lunch with my brother tomorrow, and then I think I'll go see my HB, to borrow a term I'm rather fond of from a fellow blogger. (HB means hook-up boy, and I really like the term. It puts the entire relationship in perspective no one gets confused about their role that way.) Sunday if it's nice I'll go ride a horse and then attempt to grade the papers I got yesterday.

It seems no one listened to me. I told them a million times I did not want a book report and that's exactly what they gave me, to a person. I'm torn over whether I should throw a fit and make them do it over, or just accept these and make their Medea assignment even harder. (unfortunately one of them thought I was referring to Tyler Perry when I mentioned Medea the first week of class, so this may all be moot) I'm incredibly impatient today so I may hold off on that decision until I'm a little more easy-going...ok, ok, stop laughing, a little less wild-eyed, how's that?

Have a good weekend.

Love

Bulletin: Earth Off Axis!

I'm sure there is something wrong in the universe. Things can't be right. There was justice in Hollywood last night, that's a sure sign of the apocalypse. I'd advise you to repent and right soon, cause this shit ain't right. I'm not sure what the repercussions will be, either locusts or John McCain, I'm not sure which, but you can bet your ass it'll be bad.

No Country for Old Men was indeed the best picture of the year and I could not hide my surprise when I didn't hear "Atonement" announced as the winner. I thought for sure that sappy (though pretty good) thing was going to get it. Who'da thunk it? I mean after the travesty that was the 2006 Oscars when that POS Crash won instead of what was actually the best picture of the year, and yes it pains me to say that Brokeback Mountain was the best picture, but it was. And though no one could have known what was to happen, the Best Actor Oscar should have gone to Heath Ledger that year, because he was the only one nominated who wasn't doing an imitation of someone else. I never understood the whole "he's so handsome" thing because I didn't think he was, but I did think he was quite a good actor. And Ennis Del Mar was a seamless creation.

Diablo Cody, wow, that was a surprise, and well deserved. And Tilda Swinton...love her (probably cause she was such a cool Mom in Deep End) but in any case her win for Michael Clayton was the right choice. See why I'm so concerned about the future? The Academy NEVER gets this shit right.

Daniel Day-Lewis Is sooo good, and in There Will be Blood, he was amazing. Another correct choice, though you'd probably get a big Nuh Uh! from Tommy Lee Jones. His face said he REALLY wanted that Oscar last night and was really not happy to hear someone else's name announced. Tommy Lee really does deserve one, but not for Valley of Elah.

This is also noteworthy in that I don't do award shows! I really don't believe in them. I'd prefer that the stars just got up on stage and masturbated, which is what all this amounts to anyway. THAT would be far more entertaining than to see who won the Drama Prom popularity contest. Well, until next year..if there is one after this.

Tomorrow the application to the school in the California desert goes out. Cross your fingers. I really want this one. Though I don't treasure living in California again, this might be ok since it's not exactly where they keep all those...people. At any rate the job is exactly me so here's hoping.

Happy Monday all. And prepare yourselves for the excitement that will be Friday, cause we'll be unveiling the month of March on the Freaking Amazing Ancient Egyptian 2008 Popup Calendar. It's excellent. But just you wait till the month of my birth...May... it's truly the shizzle. That month my Office will shine with a glow of Fabulousness not previously known to exist in the universe.

Out all over the place

Buddy X and his big outie are this weeks favorites.

I love Lenny's music but does he HAVE to be so impossibly cool all the time???

Happy Friday!

If you're fighting these winter blues with me, hang in there February is almost over.

Martini's at 5! (thankfully they're not trendy anymore. I hated all those martini concoctions the bars were coming up with. Give me some gin in a glass with a little vermouth somewhere in the room and I'm good. Teaching me the art of the Martini is the best thing Art Bratt ever did for me. I've been drinking those things for decades.)

And in just a few hours I'm gonna have a couple...and then some really good pasta too.

Oh Magoo...you've done it again!

Our shining example of an education system has stuck yet another feather in its cap.

Of course, as Tyler Durden said: "Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken." (remember Tyler Durden? He was a character created by Brad Pitt back when he used to act and not rely on his good guy personality to get him through)

The results of a study were released recently. In this study the educators of America came to a stunning conclusion...children need downtime.

Apparently they need time to themselves to process what they've learned, to apply it, and to develop skills and personality traits all their own. FUCKING AMAZING!!! Who knew?

Apparently everyone but our educators. Does anyone see this as a problem besides me? I mean really, how can a teacher possibly be expected to be an effective educator when they're led by morons who think that the results of this study are newsworthy.

I have to wonder how much it cost.

I am a Person

I suppose it's convention to use colloquialisms.

For example, "No Problem." There's one that'll make my blood boil. The young man from the grocery store carries my things to the car, "Thanks," I say. "No Problem." is his response.

Apparently what he fails to understand is that I have absolutely no interest whether it was a problem for him to do his job or not. What I did was thank him for doing said job. The correct response is "You're welcome."

The other day on NPR they were interviewing some illiterate and at the end of the interview..."thanks for talking with us." " No Problem." Why the assumption that we're all so concerned about people's problems suddenly? We're not even concerned that they're people!

Seriously, no one gives a damn if I'm resentful today that I don't have a better job in education with my experience and credentials than I do. They just want me to do the job I have and shut the hell up. I should say "No problem" you'll pardon the expression.

Another is the word "individual." When exactly did we become so depersonalized that everyone is an individual instead of a person?

A quote from the editor of a local magazine which bills itself as the..."Voice for the LGBT and Allied Communities."

"Letters to the editor and most SpeakOut opinion pieces are written by individuals in the community."

I've never heard of them though they've apparently existed for five years now. See how I am involved in the community as an individual?

"'There were probably weeks of this student being subjected to harassment,' said Joe Gonzales, parent of a student at E.O. Green Junior High in Oxnard, where King was killed Feb. 12." Where is Larry King's name in that parents statement?

Does anyone notice a pattern here?

I recall a flight from France to Toronto a couple of years ago in which the pilots screwed up and ran off the runway resulting in a crash and fire.However, the rest of the flight crew was on their game and got all of the passengers out of the aircraft in record time and the incident was immediately referred to as a "Miracle"

How about a little credit for the PEOPLE who did the job they were trained to do? How about a little credit for the PEOPLE who got all those PEOPLE off that plane without losing one?

Why in our society today is everything referred to as a miracle when it goes well?

If things go bad it's..."oh well..shit happens." or "I wasn't told information I needed to make that decision so its someone else's fault." or " I didn't do anything. I just told people what happened and they went and caused all the trouble." or "If we're blessed and get the nomination." as Barack Obama said yesterday...completely losing any chance I'd vote for him, ever, with that one reference to a divine hand being necessary for any human to accomplish anything.
No one is actually responsible for anything. Unless, of course, they get caught red-handed committing a crime and then it's "Fry the bastards."

Let's start calling people people, instead of individuals. Let's make a concerted effort to look at each person as though their feelings mattered and that we give a damn about them even if it's only for that instant we're dealing with them that day. Even if we have to pretend at first,and most of us will have to, let's do it anyway. Maybe we'll start seeing each other as human beings instead of obstacles to our personal needs and wishes.

People have accomplished plenty without divine intervention,(if there even is such a thing) and our custom of late is to give them no credit. To take that credit and just negate it with divinity. Give to a diety, to an idol, to someone or something that may or may not exist. But people do exist! And they do accomplish great things. And they do make a difference and they do deserve credit, and they do deserve our thanks.

I do not like it, Sam I am!

"We are saying you don't need to accept people who are gay, but you should tolerate them." -a quote from the article in the Los Angeles Times covering the Lawrence King Memorial in Oxnard.

I loathe being tolerated.

DO NOT TOLERATE ME!!!

I am forced to tolerate heterosexual people and their bizarre ways every single day of my life. And I do not suffer fools. So you can imagine how my interaction with "them" frequently ends up.

Sunday, I worked at the grocery. I was waiting on someone and while she was writing her check I put the few things she had in a sack. When I turned around I found that some guy had come up, placed his basket on the counter, and his three children had proceeded to commandeer my cash register and were scanning things onto the lady's order that wasn't finished.

I am truly surprised I still have that job.

After removing the items from the children's hands and shooing them back around to the end of the counter I looked at Daddy and said, "It's called social skills. Let's pretend we know that."

I then had to void all the things that the kids had put on current customer's bill.

Daddy took the urchins to another register.

In retrospect I didn't react strongly enough. Just putting it down here made me mad all over again.

Heterosexuals, (I refuse to use the word straight, it gives them such a sense of superiority to think that I am somehow twisted and they're not. fuck them.) just run amuck all over the place and no one does anything to stop them! It's like they have special rights or something.

Fuck them. Did I say that already?

I shall never tolerate heteros very well. So they shouldn’t condescend to do me the favor in return.

Dickheads.

Think how crabby I'd be today if I hadn't gotten a good night's sleep last night!

If you can, go visit Proceed At Your Own Risk(NSFW) today (User Name: PAYOR Password:PASSWORD, all caps) Richard is talking today about Brandon McInerney, the poor kid who will likely now spend the rest of his life in prison for killing Lawrence King. The person who taught him to hate like that should do a few centuries too, and I said as much on Friday.

But as usual Richard is far more eloquent than I.

Friday Good Friday Bad

I have always thought Don Cheadle is handsome. He's a noteworthy contribution to our celebration of Black history month. The second guy is no slouch either, if you like that outrageously hot, outdoorsy, wildly cut, surly kinda thing...ooh I gotta stop!

But enough of the frivolity. I'm sadly not stunned or even surprised that a 15 year old kid was shot in the head because he's gay the other day.

What I want to know is when are we going to wake up and understand that kids are kids, they simply do not yet have the capacity to understand and rationalize that they will as adults. The shooter, at his age, is only imitating what he's seen, and reacting to what someone has taught him. When are we going to stop teaching our children to hate?

I've been "the family friend who we love because he's always been around and we love him even though he's gay." But I've seen those same people exhibit hate for gay people and I was through with them. They never seemed to understand their hypocrisy.

And where are all these guns that kids can get ahold of? I'm 50 and I don't own a gun! I wouldn't even know where to get one? I assume there are stores where one can buy a gun, but the process,as I understand it takes days for background checks, and you have to be a certain age. This kid is 14 or 15 and he has a gun? What kind of idiot gives a kid that age a gun?

I now understand why we need to defend marriage and safeguard the family in America by preventing gays from marrying and adopting. They might fuck up the stellar umblemished record of all these straight people who reproduce because it's a biological function, not because they have anything to contribute.

China may have been onto something when they started controlling the ability of their citizenry to reproduce.

Lawrence King, no matter what he wore to school, no matter how gay he acted, no matter what the other kids thought about him, did not deserve to die. And Brandon McInerney deserved to be taught better than to solve a dispute with a gun, but he wasn't.

Stop right now and think about these kids for a minute...think about your own kid if you have one, and how you'd feel if someone just blew their head off because they didn't like something about them.

Now what are you going to do about it?

And don't just act locally either.

Bouy-ed

It seems everyone has the mid-winter doldrums. Most people aren't even posting to their blogs, at least the ones I read.

The very few who are read like they're so lethargic they can hardly get one foot in front of the other.

It's truly the age of S.A.D.

I need to go outside and stand in the sun, the possibility of Melanoma notwithstanding, and just bask for a few minutes. I need to breathe fresh air, such as it is. I need to see that nature is still working it's magic out there, instead of watching through a piece of glass like it was tv. I've got Cabin Fever worse than when it's late August and I'm confined by the tropical heat.

I think lots of you do. Of course those of you in CA and HI are living it up this time of year. It's when you really get to gloat.

What I really need is some sleep. A whole day when I wasn't interrupted or called or heard banging and clanking or got retaliation thumping from the moron upstairs so I could just sleep.

That would be heavenly.

I know there are those of you with kids who haven't slept in years, but that falls squarely under the category of NOT MY PROBLEM!!!

You chose to have kids, I did not. I have an 18 y/o neighbor who refuses to acknowledge that other people live in this world and as long as he can party all night and sleep all day what's the fucking problem.

I did ask for a different apt this morning. We'll see how much that's going to cost. Then I'm going to go after Mr-stay-up-all-night and see if I can make him pay for it.

There's no reason I should incur the expense if I have to make a move just to sleep when I could do that where I am if he'd just let me.

Today I'm going on just under 4 hours. And I have to teach tonight. You can bet they're gettin' out early.

I guess I'll just sleep in the garage.

And before I get away Happy Valentine's Day to you all. Whatever it is, whoever it is, hold them/it close to your heart today and whisper "Thank You" because you'll never get a better gift.

puzzles

sometimes these little quizzy things are annoying in their prescience:

You're The Lion, the Witch and the
Wardrobe!

by C.S. Lewis

You were just looking for some
decent clothes when everything changed
quite dramatically. For the better or for the worse,
it is still hard to tell. Now it
seems like winter will never end and you feel cursed.
Soon there will be an epic
struggle between two forces in your life and you are
very concerned about a betrayal
that could turn the balance. If this makes it sound
like you're re-enacting Christian
theological events, that may or may not be
coincidence. When in doubt, put your trust
in zoo animals.


I've trusted Zoo Animals all my life...look where it's got me.

On the other hand sometimes they're sooo wrong it's amusing.

You Are Upper Middle Class

You're stuck in an interesting middle area between upper and middle class. You're wealthy enough for most people to call you rich (or at least comfortable), but you don't feel rich! Climbing your way to the top is hard work. And you've often feel stretched for time and resources. If only you had a little more money! You can't help but wish you had the lifestyle of the upper class. You may end up: A manager, high school teacher, or accountant. Other people who share your class: "White collar" professionals and business people

What Class Are You?

Imagine me High School Teacher, or an Accountant? And doesn't managing involve people?

Stifling the urge to pack and run while it's above freezing. Well, they promised it will be sometime later today, at least for a few hours.

It seems I should plan on not sleeping the first two days of each week. That's when My 18 y/o neighbor has his days off and needs to Party. AT 3 AM!!!!

It's truly a shame that contract killing is illegal, otherwise I'd look into it.

I did sleep last night though, it seems he got the message when I got up yesterday and walked around my apt banging the ceiling with a broom handle for half an hour screaming at him to wake up all the while. If I hadn't been so damn tired I'd have had a lot of fun with that...well, ok, more fun than I did.

I'm trying to figure out why I have this issue almost everywhere I live. Why is it so difficult for me to live where it's quiet? No one else seems to have this problem. And NO ONE seems to understand that I do.

I know I get wild-eyed after no sleep, but who doesn't? Oh well, enough of that for this week. He's back to work and I'm back to sleeping. Next week we'll have another episode. Maybe those are the days I should sleep in the garage. I could throw pots late into the night and then crash out there. hmmm.

We changed the play we're doing this semester, due to low audition turnout. So Street Scene, which I thought was not a very good choice to begin with, has been replaced with Talking With, dated, but useful in academia.

Barack Obama looks poised to win the nomination. Further proof that my contention that people are mostly sheep is accurate. What is it that qualifies this guy to be President? The democrats, always on self-destruct, and going to screw around yet again and John McCain is going to be the President. Stop voting for the trendy guy you idiots!

Hilary, though not my first choice, is far more experienced, far more capable, far more connected, and far more interested in working on fixing the things that are wrong in this country than anyone else in the field right now. John McCain, the republican heir apparent, is universally hated, and his Vice President Mike Huckabee, will take up the Dick Cheney mantle and run amuck with the evangelical wingnuts attempting to re-write the constitution to reflect their "Christian" values. And Gods save us then.

People seem to think we can go on like we are indefinitely and it'll be ok. Well, it won't, we're truly on the road to hell and though I want to live a long time, I really don't want to see this country fall. It will eventually but I'd rather not see it.

I love the idea of Europe. They just hang in there and superpowers rise and fall and there they are, chugging along haphazardly, yet true. Talk about a true North, Europe must surely have one.

The practical aspects would probably make me nuts, but the idea is romantic isn't it?
Are there garrets in the south of France? Maybe I'll go live in one and be a potter.
I am weary of suffering fools and being looked on as a Neanderthal because of the company I keep in regard to citizenry.

I guess I was a day ahead of schedule. Wishful thinking I'm sure. There's a new countdown widget in the sidebar so I don't have to do it manually. They say the best way to keep your brain active as you age is to learn a new language. Well, I think I can effectively learn HTML all over again, it only took me two days to make a counter work. Pathetic.

342

343

and now...

344

I have my homework

ok here's to make up for the boring roll out yesterday.

Will Smith is one of my all time favorites.

345 days left.

BTW

I would love to post a good shot of Dule Hill shirtless, but I cannot find one. Anyone who can will receive my eternal gratitude.

Gratitude is all I can give you, I'm not giving up the freaking amazing 2008 ancient egypt pop-up calendar, so forget it.

But send that pic of Dule if you got it.

Have I shown you my new car?



This thing is so fucking cool I must have one. Hopefully by the time I'm ready to replace the thing I drive now I'll be able to get one of these.

And admonishments aside, I stand corrected that we actually only have 346 more days of George W Bush to tolerate.

Senior Moment

I know most of you love LOOOVe Zac Efron and Shia the beef, so sorry about this.

But I just saw a website called ShiaorZac.

These are my choices???

Undeliverable

We regret to inform you that due to circumstances beyond our control the planned roll out of Black History month will not be quite as exciting as originally planned.

I forgot. (I'm busy, I got three jobs give me a fucking break.)

There are photos of hot African American Men extant, I just don't have them here.

I'm appropriately contrite if that makes any difference to you.



Dule Hill is totally hot though. I've been in lust with him since that Freddie Prinze Jr(sigh) movie I saw him in. Can't remember the name and don't feel like imdb'ing it right now. But Dule's got what it takes. I know his new series on USA is only fun if you're nine years old, but I watch just to look at him.(and James Roday a little) And what the hell could I do on a Saturday afternoon anyway when it's 15 degrees. (I gotta get out of the frozen tundra.)

I finally got my google analytics working again. No one told me that I needed to update when I bought the domain name and changed the website. So for the last three weeks I've been thinking I have no traffic at all, (which will take the wind out of your sails for sure) and then I realize I'm getting comments from people but no hits recorded. I fixed it and today I see that I have hits from Barcelona,(a place I cannot wait to see) Brisbane, also cool and want to go there. There was a hit from Hyderabad India, which hasn't made the list yet. ahem.

I also looked at a website about some townhomes that are being built a couple of blocks from my office,just out of curiosity. I'm leaving soon, so purchasing real estate isn't on the list.

To get the irony of this townhouse situation you have to understand that I work in what is likely the most economically depressed part of our city, notice I did not say "Fair City" It ain't pretty over here.

There are boarded up houses, empty office buildings, retail shops that have been empty for decades, and a crime rate...well I'm pretty sure they clear the place out about 6am for us to come to work during the day.

But gentrification has arrived in the ghetto folks! Some prospector has come and bought up some old dead houses, torn them down and is building townhomes.

They start at 220k.

ok, now I work here, I make a pretty decent living and I've gopt good credit, but
I cannot afford to buy one of these places. So who in the hell is gonna come here?

The people who already live here certainly can't afford these things, and if people who can afford them move in there goes the neighborhood. Property taxes will go up, oh and by the way 50 years ago the city government here gave away its tax base to industry when they got them to come here by telling them they'd NEVER have to pay taxes. Thus placing the tax burden on it's poor population, so property taxes here are already sky high.

This is not to mention that people who talk to themselves and scream for no apparent reason and stand at the top of the hill in the Indian cemetery down the street and sing off-key at the top of their lungs routinely roam the streets all the time.

It's nothing if not entertaining here

I just don't understand where the new owners of these townhouses will come from, and more importantly what they would want to spend 220k here when they can move anywhere in the entire city and spend less for more.

Oh well.

There are more important things to concern myself with today... Martini's at 5!

347 more days of George W. Bush to tolerate, then we're free.

Unless John McCain wins, then I'm moving to Belize.

BTW-Good News

Only 348 more days of George Bush left.

WooHoo!

Yes, I think I will count each and every one thank you very much.

Suck it George

If Kathy Griffin can tell Jesus to suck it, I can tell George W. Bush to do the same. After all he thinks he's appointed by God to be President so he should be sucking it just like Jesus.

For 8 years we all know they've been torturing (off-shore of course) prisoners, and most certainly water-boarding them and now that we're, oh, say, 9 months from an election they decide..."let's start talking about how illegal it is."

Of course, nine months is far longer than the attention span of the average American, so if we make them forget we ever did it, then we can likely get John McCain elected President. Just the idea that they've struck that deal cements their evilness to me.

What a heinous piece of work he is.

The price of gas dropped here today too. It was all over the news this morning..idn't that convenient?

Do you really want someone as your President who had never heard of the acronym LGBT until about three months ago?

The Sky!...she is NOT Falling!

I'm trying to be gracious to the local weather people.

They're making it difficult.

I wish I could count the number of times this winter they've said:

"Lookout!!!" "It's gonna snow!" "We're gonna get clobbered." (I'm paraphrasing, of course, weather people are far more well-spoken than that.)

My irritation with them is that they're inevitably incorrect in these dire predictions.

Last night was a prime example. "Up to 10 inches of snow" was predicted for the area, (admittedly, they said it cold go north of here, which it did.) When it finally did start it was late in the evening and all it did was to provide people who shouldn't be driving in the first place a chance to demonstrate the truth of their dilemma.

This morning most of the city is closed.

There was 3 (count 'em 3!) inches of snow at my apt.

Come on!

But enough of my disappointment at the lack of real snow here during my last midwest winter.

I have the day off, and I'm staying in bed.

Not exactly true I just found a website that lists all the bike rides in the entire state for 2008 and I'm downloading stuff like crazy. I could do one a week if I wanted.

One a month will be sufficient, thanks.

But it's very fun news!

Remember Hot Guy Friday is coming...and remember it's Black history month!

and another thing!

Just in case anyone was wondering.

Tom Brady is my MVP regardless



Look at that face...I just want to take him home and make a bundle out of him

The Reveal

Here it is! I'm so excited to show you the Freaking amazing 2008 Ancient Egyptian pop-up calendar. I'm not crapping my pants, mind you, but it is fun.


This was the first day it was up, yesterday. Which was the last day of January, so that month didn't go to waste. And this is today Feb 1.



It just gets better and better!

Now on to Friday's hot guy pictures.

How hard should it be to find a picture of Dave Navarro without a shirt? I mean, has anyone ever seen Dave WITH one? Amazingly it took me a while to locate this.



Admittedly it's a pretty good one, but damn Dave, when did you start wearing so many clothes? I looked for a full five minutes before finding this puppy.

And finally Freddie Prinze Jr. will round out our latin selections this month.


I know, I know, Dave is technically part spanish i.e. castillian, and Freddie is...well...NEW Mexican,(actually puerto rican) but whatta ya gonna do, they're both kinda cute. One in a nasty scruffy sort of way and the other in that suburban squeaky clean bland-ish kinda way.

I'd keep either one if they showed up. (or both for that matter)

Last night's class was great fun. The grumbling about actual work has started. I gave them a play to read, and immediately someone asked if I knew there was 74-no, 79 pages to read.

It's a rare thing when I am speechless.

I used to resent it when professors said, "This is college."

But now I know why they said it.

I allowed that they might learn more if we read the play in class. Meaning they might actually read the damn thing at all, so that's what we're doing. Over the objections to all the "fucks" and "son of a bitches" these characters say. Again, speechless.

I did dupe them into abandoning the idea of participating in the one-act play festival. I don't have the time to direct and they'd flake out anyway, so now they're putting up a mock production. I made them think it's gonna be easy.

It's gonna be fun when they discover that I expect them to produce actual work. The Producer must secure a contract with an actual local venue to rent the theatre and acquire crews, make arrangements with unions and locate financing. and the rest have no less work to do. hehe

So, as usual the students think they're getting over on the teacher, and then they find out what it's really all about. I'm loving this.


I have to visit my brother. His wife is getting laid off after 24 years cause the company she works for is leaving the region. Businesses are so fucked. They told her they were closing the store on the 9th and she was welcome to fill out an application for the new owners if she'd like.

They'll be fine in the end, but it's just another of those wonderful scenarios where a business screws its employees on the way out the door.

Have a good weekend all.