Indulge Me, Please...

...yes I know I'm crabby as hell today.  I have been unemployed for 7 months and despite constant applications and form filling, I have only had two interviews and one batch of psychometric tests.  And I can't get a flat through any of the agencies because I can't provide decent references.  And I'm sorry if that makes me snappy when the subject is brought up.  Please don't read it as ingratitude.

We now return to our usual programming