Billy Corgan was right. And I don't say that often. But the world *is* a vampire. An exemplary specimen of humanity - kind, funny, a dedicated newlywed to another lovely person, an excellent speller and grammarian, an extremely talented blogger, with a taste in music which puts my own to shame, a *historian*, for crying out loud; I ask you, how does a guy with these numerous fine qualities, which are obvious to even a mere internet-based friend such as myself, get laid off? By *phone*, no less?

Fuck The Man, I say.