Up betimes this morning, having had almost a change of heart overnight, thinking things just couldn't be as bad as all that; thinking that I would just manfully pay my rent for this month, and see what happens next month. Then I read my morning email from Buzzflash, telling how the same people who gave us Operation Condor (of ill fame) in South Amnerica are now running the U.S. torture/prison system, which changed my heart back again. Nothing, not even loyalty to one's landlord is worth that risk. So, to assuage my conscience, and to avoid skulking every time I go through the lobby, I think I'll tell M*** C****** what's up, and that he will, or will not, have the rent in ten days....