1 I thought they were Finnish?

2 oh ... the other one ... doh! *hangs head and goes and sits in the corner for "special" bloggers*

3 I just had a visit to my site from someone at Company X and realizing that it was probably Helen cleaning out her desk, that I'd never see that domain name in the logs again, made me bawl like a baby. Do you suppose there is something we could do for her?

4 They'll be Finnish soon if they keep running things the way they are now. I swear this was the most unholy layoff scheme I've ever seen used by a company. Talk about morale destruction. Even Kodak handled things better and they're notorious for how badly they handle layoffs. I don't know that there's much we can do at the moment. Try to get her to smile if you can. I'm working on something right now (Luuk related) that I was hoping to have already finished but can't seem to get the time to get done, dammit.

5 It was Helen stopping by, and loving you guys for noting down the correct Company X and for giving me support. I am still using the corporate dial-in for the next week, and will until I get my own internet stuff set up at home. I am going in late tonight to clean out my desk-I can't handle doing it with anyone around. In the meantime, I am searching on line like mad for jobs, and am a flood of tears. I am sorry to be such a downer, but that's the way it is. Gotta' go. Tears again.

6 The boycott has begun. Jim, you got it 100% right - I've never seen such a poorly handled layoff, and I've been through 3 rounds. I will make sure everytime I see a Hong Konger with said Viking company's phone, I will explain why they must immediately change it.

7 So, it's something called Viking and not Nextel? Good. I guess I don't have to smash my cell phone then, do I? I was gonna....

8 Nay. Neither Viking nor Nextel. He meant "Viking company" as in company from where the Vikings lived.