Dear GAB

To my dear friends at the GAB book club,

My heartfelt apologies for missing your glorious meeting tonight. I wish I could've been there, but another commitment had me pinned down. I tried to free myself, but it was quite difficult (and rather painful, I might add). I'm currently spear-heading a new secret project. It really has kept me very busy. And, I am sad to report, it is also very distressing. All my co-workers do is howl at me, and many times I feel I've been stabbed in the back, because of their behavior. The barbarians (no, I think they are actually Carpathian... oh well, it doesn't matter), they are ruthless. All they do is poke fun at me all day long. I hate their little jabs. My heart bleeds every night after a day of their piercing screams. Ah, the stress of it all! I'm not sure it's even worth it anymore. Any way you slice it, it's miserable work. Maybe I should just cut ties and be done with it. But, alas, I will just use different communciation techniques to drive my point into their little heads. Perhaps then, they will get what I'm trying to accomplish. Well, I best be going. My boss has just arrived and he gets quite grumpy when we're not working to stake our claims to this project. Again, my apologies. I'm looking forward to reading the next book.
Your friend,
Chocolate Mike