well, it's pretty late in the US -- I'm sure that it's more that most people haven't read it yet.

I guess I don't see it as putting your career at risk, as long as we're talking about what to tell your friends when you want to bail out of plans because you don't feel good. Then again, it's been a long time since I've had an employer and I don't really give much of a hoot what people think about me.