What is this white powdery substance in my coffee?
The Very Large Metropolitan Newspaper for which I work was the target of a biohoax on Friday. A "suspicious package" was received in the newsroom. That portion of the newsroom was cordoned off for a few hours while dudes in moonsuits, breathing like Darth Vader, converged on the suspicious substance. It was nothing more than a moderate inconvenience -- we spent an hour scrambling to find seats for the displaced workers, who spent about 22 minutes actually working at their newly assigned seats -- but, despite the fact that we all knew from Minute One that there was nothing dangerous in that package, it was still a tad scary anyway. My world has gone from mildly amusing to completely stupid.

I'm angry about that, and I'm not even sure at what or whom to direct my anger.