Three more people were laid off at work yesterday -- only two days before the holiday party. One of them is someone I like very much (even though I never got the chance to know her very well) and who I tag-team a few responsibilities with, so I'm guessing I'll be forced to pick up a few more things along the way. Longer hours are in Keith's future, I see in the Magical Crystal Ball.

I found it interesting that, even though they're not leaving until the end of the month, one of them wrote a farewell e-mail to the entire office yesterday, talking about how she had become dissatisfied with the job and work atmosphere anyways and people had told her that her writing had become "better than the magazine," and that she probably would've quit soon if she had had something lined up -- this just came sooner. I'm trying to decide if it's sour grapes or just really really poor social etiquette on her part.

Either way, fallout will occur over the next few days, and it'll be interesting to see what happens. The immune system's war continues to be waged, although forces in the throat sector are losing to the Evilness, and the Evilness is also beginning to gain ground in the Sinus District. More on the news at 11.