Much of the reaction to our parent company's financial plight has been understanding, encouraging and heartwarming: Thumbs up here. "Go get 'em" there. That sort of stuff.

Some of the reaction has been meanspirited and inaccurate. That's OK; newspapers and the journalists who provide the content sometimes make enemies along the way. To those folks, when it comes to us, it's payback time.

But as I noted yesterday, in our place, it's business as usual.

I spoke to the staff this morning. I'll fill in other employees tonight.

I sense relief and enthusiam. The parent company has turned the corner. We're all looking forward to better days.

Now if only somebody could get the stock market pointed in the right direction ...