When asked about last weekend's crippling spam attack, our favorite OS editor replied that "we're working on it."  

I take great comfort in the fact that they are working on it.  If the spam is this bad when they are working on it, just imagine how bad it would be if they weren't working on it.

And so, I offer the following as a small tribute to all those who are "working on" our multi-year spam problem. 

 Famous Quotations: 

"We're working on it."--  General George Custer, when asked how the battle at the Little Big Horn was going. 

 "We're working on it." -- Michael Brown, when asked how the Hurricane Katrina relief effort was going.

"We're working on it."  -- President Obama, when asked about how all of that hope and change is going. 

"We're working on it."-- Emily Holleman, when asked what OS management is doing about the spam problem.

 Famous Song:  Working On It, by Chris Rea:

Oh how I'd love it girl, just you and me
Take the day and fly
But oh this job, it's got the best of me
Tell you why, tell you why

Somebody above is in a desperate state
Some kind of urgency, the kind that won't wait
I say tomorrow, he say today
And the man in my head well he tell me no way
Keep working
I got eight little fingers and only two thumbs
Will you leave me in peace while I get the job done
Can't you see I'm working
Oh, oh I'm working on it
Oh, oh I'm working on it

Well they're coming from above me
And they're coming from below
Yea they're in there right behind me
Everywhere that I go
And my buddy, he's screaming down the telephone line
He say gimme, gimme, gimme
I say I ain't got the time
Oh, oh can't you see I'm working on it
Oh, oh I'm working on it
Yea, yea, oh tell 'em

How I'd love it girl, just you and me
Take the day and fly
But oh, this job it's got the best of me
Tell you why

Well they're coming from above me
And they're coming from below
Yea they're in there right behind me
Everywhere that I go
My buddy, he's screaming down the telephone line
He say gimme, gimme, gimme
I say I ain't got the time
Oh, oh can't you see I'm working on it
Oh, oh I'm working on it
Oh, oh I'm working
Oh, oh can't you see I'm working on it 

And here's a music video featuring Chris Rea's Working On It.  I think this would be a great anthem and motto for Open Salon. Instead of  Open Salon:  You Make the Headlines, we could have Open Salon:  We're Working On It