Since things aren't really tricky enough for me right now, last week I got this:

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We are the bearer of bad news today. If you recall Audra, the Management Committee had said that it had been a requirement of your job to submit a task sheet in order to complete the organizational renewal of rabble. Being on that Committee, Diane Touchette has asked you for this time sheet since last November and still have received nothing from you. Every other staff member at rabble has sent in their reports and as a result the Committee was able to (almost) complete the organizational renewal process.

As a consequence, we feel that it is best that we let you go from your position at rabble. Hopefully, members of the Management Committee can guide you in the transition and maybe even help you in finding other employment.

Effective immediately, we are removing your privileges as Moderator of babble.

We are very sorry that it has come to this and wish you luck in your future endeavours.

We truly value the work you have done for rabble, especially in its formative years. But, we feel this is best.

In recognition of the contribution that you have made to rabble, we have agreed to pay you a lump sum of $1,500. A final pay will be sent to you upon receipt of your invoice at the end of the month.
Sincerely,

rabble's Management Committee
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The first question is "Are they fucking kidding me?" to which the answer is no.

The second question is "So after 5 years of building the most successful part of a site, and putting up with late cheques and decreased hours and all sorts of unpaid time I got fired by email by a member of the management committee for not filling out a form?" to which the answer is yes.

The third question is "How hurt and angry am I right now?" to which the answer is very.

Good fucking lord:

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DETROIT—A boy who called 911 to report that his mother had collapsed and was told by an operator that he shouldn't be playing on the phone told his horrifying story on television yesterday.

By the time authorities arrived after Robert Turner's calls on Feb. 20, his mother Sherrill Turner was dead, he told NBC's Today show.

"She (the operator) thought I was playing on the phone," said Robert, who turned 6 in March.

Robert was joined on the show by lawyer Geoffrey Fieger, best known for defending assisted-suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian.

Fieger plans to file a wrongful death lawsuit today against the city on behalf of the family of Sherrill Turner, 46, of Detroit.

"This indicates an endemic problem," Fieger said. "There's a discounting of children. Robert did exactly what he was taught to do.''

Robert's mother, who had an enlarged heart, would have survived if help had been sent immediately, Fieger added.

Detroit police are investigating the 911 response. In a statement Friday, Police Chief Ella Bully-Cummings said it was important not to rush to judgment. She wouldn't comment further due to pending litigation.

After Turner collapsed in her apartment bedroom, Robert placed two calls to 911. In the first at about 6 p.m., he told an operator his mother had passed out, but an operator asked to speak with an adult.

When Robert called back three hours later, an operator told him: "You shouldn't be playing on the phone'' and to put his mom on the line "before I send the police out there to knock on the door, and you'll be in trouble.''
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You know you want evidence that lection should becoming an e-therapist! And that I don't really know how to use the print screen function in MS Paint!

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Colgate buys Tom's of Maine.

Bleargh.