the ham has been on a short hiatus recently, attempting to recover from recent events. a gunman was spotted earlier this month outside m. and e.'s apartment, causing obvious concern. the violent actions of the man flailing his weapon about and then taking a girl hostage before police negotiators were able to step in and talk him down was a tumultuous experience for the ham. the stress of the event has worn everyone down, causing t. and l. to get into a food fight and giving e. an extremely mysterious skin anomaly. doctors are concerned someone may be trying to hurt or even kill her. supernaturally! police reports later stated that the gunman was a huge fan of the ham and just wanted to get their attention to show to them how much he loved the show. obviously it didn't go as planned. dear readers, waving a weapon about is not the way to get the ham's attention. i know we all love them, but seriously, show them that in a classy way. classy appreciation is always appreciated. hostages, for some reason, are not. the ham made it through the experience with the gunman, hopefully they'll be able to manage through e.'s strange illness.