There's a front-pager in the Gannett Star this morning bemoaning all these folks who've lost their homes and are now living in extended-stay hotels.
The banner head in the print edition: THE HIDDEN HOMELESS. (This headline is missing from the online edition. Imagine that.)
Now, excuse me...but if you have a roof over your head, a door that locks, heat, light, phone, probably high-speed Internet, cable TV, private bathroom, AIR CONDITIONING fer crap sake, and clean sheets at least once a week, YOU ARE NOT HOMELESS, regardless of whether it's you, the wife, and your two rugrats cooped up in there together -- and regardless of whether you were once a big cheese somewhere with a big house and a big mortgage you obviously could not afford.
Thank you for playing, Gannett Star.