Poor Edward Greenwood the Ninth is going to have a lot more Solitaire time on his hands. Mayor Michael Bloomberg canned the 39-year old dad after, I assume, seeing the frantic bouncing of 52 cards on his city-owned desktop. I also assume there was a good deal of skyward fist-pumping and self-congratulatory, simulated applause at completing the deck, as this is what I normally do.

I wonder if those New York City cops ever got the boot after being busted for playing Freecell on their cruiser laptop.

Oh, and did I ever tell you about the guy I know who beat Baldurs Gate at work? No? I think he also worked his way through the expansion pack on the company's dime, too.

Solitaire Game Gets NYC Worker Fired [AP]

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