I got a call from daughter Xenia this afternoon.  A letter from Battelle came in the mail today.  She said, "It looks like a report card."  What she meant was that each side had to be ripped off before you could open it.  "Oh, I'll bet it's my last paycheck", I said.  I didn't expect one because I just had two days of vacation left and they had paid me for two days that I was suspended without pay.  I asked Xenia to open it.  It was a check.  A check for $0.00.

I laughed for quite a while about that.  I have my speculation as to why it would show up over two months after my last day on the job and why they bothered to send me a check for $0.00.  I think it has something (and I have my suspicions about the exact reason) to do with the new website about bigotry at PNNL (PNNL is operated by Battelle who issues the paychecks) I put up last weekend.

I think I'll frame that check--although I will always wonder what the bank would have said if I deposited it.

Update: By popular demand:

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