It was the worst of times, it was the worst of times ...

How some folks still feel that the status quo is acceptable, or even desirable - I will never understand.

So what do I mean by this? I am struck by the saying May you live in interesting times.

1) My job (nay, my company) went away at the end of July. For most of the people in the company the job ended at the end of April. I was asked to stay on another 90 days to "wrap things up". I was...