Twenty-five years ago today I walked into the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. My first day on the job gave me my first byline — an A1 story on the field amputation of a steelworker’s lower leg, which had gotten pinned at a warehouse when a tower of steel rolls collapsed. The PG assigned me the password 8week on its old CMS because I was originally hired as a temp for a two-month stint, meaning my employer won’t “recognize” my start date until my full-time anniversary in February. Somehow eight weeks became (checks math) 1,300 weeks.

What another incredibly disturbing day in the soap opera saga that is @PittsburghPG . I deliberately didn't stay up to watch Keith Burris on Laura Ingraham last night because I knew I would get a full dose in the morning and a stream of anguished tweets from my colleagues Here's one thing Burris said that was true:

"I think that I’m objectionable to lots of people for lots of reasons..."

In a Valentine’s Day love letter to @PGNewsGuild, the Blocks and their lawyers yesterday filed a complaint in federal court to vacate the December arbitration award that provided us a clear-cut victory in our battle over health care with @PittsburghPG. This is who we’re dealing with. This is the mentality of the family that owns this paper:

* Stick it to their hard-working journalists.
* Take people who haven’t had raises in 14 years — and who have taken major pay cuts TO HELP THE BLOCKS — and stiff them on health care.

.@PittsburghPG Publisher John Robinson Block, with Keith Burris as his escort, has just entered the newsroom for the first time since Saturday night. He has not issued an apology for his conduct. He seems oblivious to the fallout of his actions. So @PGNewsGuild originally posted the “Shame on the Blocks!” sign on our bulletin board in reference to our health insurance debacle and the abject failure of John, his brother Allan or any of their family to intervene.

But it seems now that the sign has a multitude of apt uses.