Alex Hamberge​r got sick back in March at the same time he was going to visit his six-month-old niece Mia, WIVB reported. This was no pathetic little cold; Hamberger came down with a Haemophilus Influenzae bacterial infection​, which sounds bad and is, apparently.

Consequently, Hamberger had to reschedule his trip from New York to Kansas and you know what that means: airline fees. Instead of suffering through disease and a $200 charge to change his flights, Hamberger sent a letter—a literal paper letter—to American Airlines. It's a good letter, that Mashable snagged a full copy of.

American Airlines Customer Relations

4000 E. Sky Harbor Boulevard

Phoenix, AZ 85034

Dear Most Kind and Benevolent American Airlines Customer Service Staff Member,

I write to you with the hopes that you may take mercy on me and afford a little sympathy for this flyer who was taken quite ill and had to postpone his trip to see his beloved niece.

Picture it. No, not Sicily 1922 (But I appreciate you are a Golden Girls fan, much like myself! And in case you didn't get that reference, no worries; read on!), but February 29, 2016. It was a Monday night and I was getting so excited for my upcoming trip to visit my sister, brother-in-law, and niece who was about to turn 6 months old that Thursday! I started to feel a little sinus pressure that night, nothing major but enough to give me pause. As I woke up that next day on Tuesday, March 1st, I felt OK, but things quickly went downhill. It was a cold, I thought; nothing major.

By Wednesday, March 2nd, things were escalating. My cold symptoms had intensified. I consulted with a virtual doctor-on-call using my computer (very fancy!), and she recommended I head right in and see an actual physician. "Uh oh," I thought. "That's not a great sign."

I visited the doctor that evening and he was sufficiently concerned with my symptoms that he suggested I cancel my planned trip to Kansas City the following day. "WHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYY," I wondered silently to myself. It seemed like a little cold, but alas, he concluded travel was unreasonable and issued me the enclosed note. Always a rule follower, I abided by his advice.

And BOY am I glad I did! You'll see the doctor's note references an infectious disease. It was just two days later on March 4th, that I learned this infectious disease was not a household cold or flu: it was a Haemophilus Influenzae bacterial infection. Yes, the same infection that can cause conditions such as epiglottitis (a fatal respiratory disease), pneumonia, and notably, meningitis in children under 5. Remember when I mentioned I was going to visit my 6 month old niece?! Thank heavens I didn't!

Suffice to say, after 2 long weeks of illness, which prompted a formal medical leave from work, I didn't suffer any of the severe complications (though I did have a sinus infection, ear infection including a ruptured eardrum, pink eye, throat infection, full-body rash, among others). But most of all, canceling my trip to visit my infant niece was the best thing that could have happened; had I visited her and she gotten sick, it literally could have killed her.

All that said, I'm hoping you may be able, or at least willing, to take pity on me and this woeful tale (as pitiful as it is), and forgo the $200 change fee normally imposed on tickets such as this. I know, I know, I purchased a nonrefundable ticket and that I took the risk that my I may face this fee if my trip were canceled. But I'm hoping you can see that this trip was canceled for very significant reasons, and that in addition to the pain and suffering I endured as a result of my illness, I was even more so upset that I couldn't see my family members whom I hadn't visited since November! A niece needs her uncle (that's a saying, right?)!

Now, I don't know if this will be problematic or not, but I just recently rebooked my trip and I've already paid the $200 change fee. So I now realize there may be 356 reasons you can't refund this to me, but I figure it's always worth a shot! If it's possible in any way to recoup this $200 I'd be forever grateful.

I know you must deal with testy and ornery travelers all the time, and I assure you I am not one of those. If I'm not able to recoup this cost, I'm most understanding. I thank you for all you do to make the travel dreams of flyers such as myself a reality.

And in case this letter was too long or unclear, I've also included a photo-story of the whole ideal attached.

Thank you again for your kind consideration. I look forward to hearing from you and also to my next flight!

With gratitude,

Alex Hamberger

Frequent Flyer

Brother

Uncle

Formerly sick person

Currently healthy person

Grateful flyer

Given Hamberger's heart-tugging, entertaining letter, American Airlines let the fee slide and Hamberger was able to re-book his journey. Probably didn't hurt that Hamberger sent in some pictures of his little niece as an added guilt-trip. 

It's been a busy week for Candace Payne aka Chewbacca mom, who catapulted into internet fame after a video of her laughing hysterically while wearing a talking Chewbacca mask for like three hours straight went cuckoo bananas viral.

The 37-year-old Star Wars fan was on Good Morning America, got to drive around with James Corden and JJ Abrams, and visit the Facebook headquarters where she met the real Chewbacca (he's real, right?). And now she's reached another milestone in ultimate fandom—she got invited to the Lucasfilm HQ in San Francisco.

Payne took a studio tour, and then sat down to talk to Andi Gutierrez on The Star Wars Show, which is filmed at Lucasfilm. When asked what she thought of the tour, Payne responded: "Lucasfilm has done something remarkable where it's brought story into sci-fi, and it makes me drawn to it on a heart level."

Okay, that's great and all, but the internet has now reached the Chewbacca mom saturation point. There's really only one thing left for her to do—time to introduce Chewbacca mom to the hydraulic press.

Teen Queen Zendaya is Wonderland's cover model for the summer issue, MTV reported. Zendaya posed for photographers Petra Collins and Gary Armstrong in a rather youthful dress, with her hands casually placed on her body. 

The photo first appeared on Wonderland's Instagram, where it received comments like these:

19-year-old Zendaya responded to the negativity around the photo, posting it to her Instagram with the caption "I see what y'all saying by the hand placement lmao but that was not intentional you little pervs."

In doing so, ​Zendaya has brought some people's attention to her hands.

Others have taken the opportunity to make some jokes.

Some got creepy.

Zendaya, do us a favor and delete that comment but keep ones like these:

Others questioned whether Zendaya putting her hands on her boob and crotch could mean anything else.

No Instagram commenters seemed to take on the challenge of explaining how the masturbatory image is not masturbatory, or why it would matter if that were the case. 

Either way, Zendaya has been killing it as of late on the red carpet, where she has managed to keep her hands firmly at her sides.

Long gone are the days when Disney stars dressed like a six-pack of neon highlighters.

You're probably stressed out by money right at this moment, because being stressed out by money is as American as apple pie, fried chicken, and obesity. But you're probably really stressed out by money if you're living on the minimum wage, which currently is $7.25 per hour. At 40 hours a week, 52 weeks a year, that's only a little above $15,000 a year—which is not what the cost of living is in any state. The people at Zippia made a map showing how much money it takes to actually live in each state supporting two adults and a child. It's stressful!

Let's take a closer look at that. The (mostly) expensive northeast:

The more affordable southeast:

The mixed bag of the southwest, Alaska, and Hawaii:

And the northwest, including California, the most expensive western state:

D.C., Hawaii, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York have the highest minimum livable wage in each state at $59,000-$68,000 per year. The lowest cost of living in the country, meanwhile, occurs in Kentucky, where two adults and a child can get by on $43,308 a year. Bluegrass music has never seemed more tolerable.

Hugh Jackman, current movie star and former party clown, shared a picture to congratulate 2016 graduates on their accomplishments (and himself for always being handsome). With the big smile and official hat, Jackman looks like he was a Gifted Youngster. The pic is from when he was growing up Down Under, but really could have been from yesterday; Much like his character Wolverine, Jackman does not age at the rate of a regular human, his mutant power enabling him to have played the role for 16 years.

The only sign that he's old is that he did "#ThrowbackThursdays" PLURAL, whereas the traditional hashtags are "#throwbackthursday" (singular) or simply #tbt.

On Wednesday, Donald Trump was a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live, so the show hit the streets and asked Trump supporters about completely fake things Trump did at press conferences. Every scenario, stunt, phrase, and proposed policy the interviewer described never happened. But that did not stop Trump supporters from being enthused about the fake events or describing them in detail. They include phony remarks about Hillary's body, and a very ambitious mission in space:

Trump has passionate supporters. Tough luck for everyone living in New Mexico.

Ah, another article about how women are getting their bra sizes wrong. At this point, it seems no woman has ever known her actual bra size and might as well just say she's a 67 ZZ. Chantelle Crabb, the PR and marketing executive for lingerie company Curvy Kate and self-proclaimed "Bra Whisperer," told Revelist that most women are choosing the wrong bra sizes in two basic ways. Great, another thing women are apparently doing wrong. 

1. Back measurement

The first measurement women tend to get wrong is the size of the back band. Chantelle says that most women choose bras with back bands (that's the number portion of a bra size) that are too big for them.

The biggest mistake women make when buying bras is choosing a back band which is much too big for them. On average, women need to go down two back sizes or more, which, incidentally, means you need to increase your cup size by two sizes to even this out. So if a woman thinks she’s a 34DD, chances are she’s more like a 30F.

2. Cup size

The second mistake is changing the back band size, but not changing the cup size to account for the new back band.

The cup size (the letter) makes no sense unless it is teamed with a back band measurement (the number). A D-cup isn’t one specific size of breast; it changes depending on what size of body it is coupled with. For example, a 34D and a 40D would not be the same volume.

So there you have it ladies. Yes, you're doing it all wrong, but see how easy it is to fix the error of your ways?

Now for the really important part: there is a woman who has dubbed herself the Bra Whisperer (check her site out, here). "Chantelle Crabb, Bra Whisperer," reads her business card. Imagine the dinner table conversation:

"How was bra whispering today, honey?"

"Oh, it was okay, there was one really feisty strapless, but I managed to calm 'er down and get her back onto those breasts."

"You know I worry about you working with all this wild lingerie."

"I know, and I promise you I'm careful every day. Now, if you'll excuse me, I just got a call from Farmer McHenry, he's got a really dangerous C-cup cornered in his barn and he's afraid it's going to eat the chickens."

Tuesday on Ellen, new mom Anne Hathaway related a story about how something a stranger said to her at the gym made her cry. Because new moms are sensitive, and that is how hormones work.

Hathaway told Ellen she initially thought the man was hitting on her, but soon found out, NOPE, he was just a personal trainer at the gym looking to drum up a little business. His cardinal mistake was not telling the new mom that she "looks great," instead inquiring if she was looking to "lose the baby weight." 

This is a good time to mention new mom etiquette. Whenever a person tells you that they've had a baby, you say "you look great." As Hathaway says, "doesn't matter if it's true. If somebody says 'I had a baby 13 years ago,' you're like 'you look great!' That is what you do, that is the etiquette." 

Pay attention, folks. In fact, "you look great" is a wonderful thing to say to anybody, anywhere, anytime. Again, it doesn't matter if it's true. It never doesn't work. For example: "Here is your coffee." "Thanks, you look great." "You've stepped in some dog shit." "Ugh, gross, but you look great." "Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?" "I do, and by the way, you look great."

According to The Associated Press, Dustin Diamond, who played Screech on Saved by the Bell, has landed himself back in jail on Wednesday, this time for violating the terms of his parole. Previously, Diamond did time at the Ozaukee County jail in Wisconsin for disorderly conduct and concealed-weapon convictions and was released just last month. He also found himself behind bars back in 2014 for stabbing a man in a bar fight.

The latest arrest comes just days after an interview for Extra! with his former cast mate Mario Lopez where he said, "I want to put the tomfoolery and malarkey behind me… for that clean slate. Time for a change." Whoops.

Diamond has really gone "full-sleaze" since his days at Bayside High, and has even directed and released his own sex tape back in 2006 with the classy and off-putting title, "Screeched—Saved by the Smell." He later admitted that he used a fake penis for the taping. He also released a book bashing his former Saved by the Bell costars, further alienating himself from them and the industry.

Who knew that Screech would become the real bad boy of the Saved by the Bell cast? Well, "bad boy" meaning a hot mess of a former teen star who has really screwed up his life, not in the sexy and dangerous way. Obviously.

Haylee Bazen was chatting with her three-year-old son, Zackary, about Disney princesses (their favorite was Snow White, which feels like a contentious choice), when a stranger butted in. This stranger did not point out to them that Belle would be a solid pick but rather, this random person sitting at the bus stop told Bazen her son shouldn't be wearing a Frozen dress. Zackary was sporting the Elsa attire for school and, as she explained on Facebook, Bazen saw no problem at all with her son's outfit.

To the lady at the bus stop who felt the need to interrupt my conversation with my son.
I am NOT sorry you didn't like how he was dressed nor am I sorry that you didn't like our discussion topic of who our favorite Disney Princess is (Snow White obviously).
Zackary is my 3 year old son and he can be who he wants to be. Today he was a Disney princess and YES I did send him to school like that. Why??? Beacuse that's what he wanted to wear, because he wanted to show his teachers and friends his Elsa dress, because he wanted to sing 'let it go' for show and tell, because he doesn't understand the gender stereotypes YOU think he should conform to, but most importantly because he is awesome!! 
He plays with cars and dolls, princesses and pirates. He rides his scooter or pushes his pram. He wears zombie face painting or lip stick and if he choose to wear a dress he can!!
So next time you see us, dressed as a princess or cowboy, keep you disapproving stares to yourself and unless you want to tell him how great he looks keep your poisonous words to yourself too.
Your the one that should be embarrassed to leave the house not us!! 

So this stranger took issue with both Bazeen and Zackary's conversation about Disney princesses—and Zackary's outfit? Was this person ever a child? Or a human? Everyone has a favorite Disney princess and that topic should be brought up more often because it can provide great insight into people's personalities.

As to the kid's outfit, nobody can say anything about it because look how happy he is in it:

Has a scratchy blue gown and purple cape ever made a human being look so joyous?

"Expert" Carly Ann Filbin (girl should get on The Bachelorwith a name/job title like that) chatted up some guys in New York and asked them what they wish women would do more during sex. It did not go well at first when Filbin (who is somehow not Jenna from 30 Rock) approached a bunch of strange men.

To summarize, this is what the guys want more of in bed: men, threesomes, (better) blow jobs, 69-ing, and dirty talk.

Then there was the guy who humiliated himself and said he wished women had more orgasms in bed. To which the only response possible can be, "Agreed." Followed up by, "Make a mental note to not sleep with that guy."

Karen Alpert is a mom and the author of a parenting blog called Baby Sideburns. On May 24, she wrote a lovely post of the type that parents don't see too often: one in which she actually thanks, rather than rebukes, a stranger who reprimanded her (Alpert's, that is) kid at the playground when she was momentarily busy taking care of something else.

Alpert'spost can be found in its entirety at Baby Sideburns, but here's the gist:

Alpert's young son was playing on the monkey bars while she was on the other side of the playground tending to his crying friend. Meanwhile, a little girl was also trying to use the monkey bars, but she was just learning, and Alpert's son kept rushing past her and sometimes even knocking her off. And apparently, this little girl's mom had the audacity to tell Alpert's kid to frickin' quit it. But was Alpert mad at this other adult when she found out what had happened? No, she was not—in fact, she was glad there was another responsible adult around to address the situation.

So no, I wasn’t there, but does that give you a right to discipline my kiddo? Does that give you the right to talk to him sternly and tell him to knock it off? Does that give you the right to act like you are the person in charge when he is actually MY child?

Ummmm, yes. YES IT DOES.

I didn’t get the chance to say this today, but THANK YOU. Because if my kid is acting like a douchenugget and I’m not around for whatever reason, you have my permission to tell him to knock that shit off. I’m not saying you have the right to touch him in any way or yell at him uncontrollably (only I’m allowed to do that), but please feel free to tell him to stop being a jerkwad if he’s not waiting his turn to do the monkey bars. Or if he’s walking up the slide. Or if he’s throwing wood chips. Or if he’s saying bad words. Or being a bully. Or doing anything that he shouldn’t be doing that’s bothering someone else.

Alpert finishes her post by referencing the old proverb: "It takes a village to raise a child." She concedes that nowadays the theoretical village is bigger and more spread out, but people can still choose to act like a community or not, and Alpert chooses to. And so she's thankful that this other mom was there to sensibly admonish her son for knocking a little girl off the monkey bars.

Good job, sane and reasonable adults! And seriously, lol at "douchenugget."

Social media is a constant PDA factory, with people posting pics and bragging about their love. A girl on Imgur managed to make something funny out of other people's obnoxious happiness that was two years in the making.

The cheekily named 69HumpStreet spends her nights out getting pictures with couples making out (rather than doing what her username suggests). She posted her portfolio of third-wheeling with the title, "This is the only reason I go out... 2 years in the making."

It's like the guy who posed with butt cracks at the Magic the Gathering gathering, but way easier on the eyes. 

Two years ago, Aubrey Johansen weighed 350 lbs and was told she had 15 years to live, which would be fine if she were pushing 80. At the time, however, Johansen was only 23, and she was dealing not only with the health effects of her weight but also with the societal backlash. An aspiring singer, she was rejected from a singing program due to her body weight (which is lame).

Johansen told the Daily Mail that the program's rejection, coupled with stern words from her doctor, compelled her to get serious about her health. In October 2014, she underwent gastric bypass surgery and has since lost 159 pounds. But Johansen didn't rely on the surgery alone: the professional chef started eating better and working out.

"'I have more energy and I feel more positive," she said. However, it isn't all sunshine and crop tops for Johansen.

Her major weight loss has resulted in excess skin that she is not happy with.

"It's terrible because you don't feel attractive," she said of the remnants of her former weight.

"Some days I feel I was more beautiful before, so it's a real mental battle." At this point, Johansen intends to remove the skin sometime in the future.

"It affects going to the beach in a bikini, even taking my clothes off in front of my girlfriend. I just don't feel proud."

Despite not feeling too proud of her excess skin, Johansen freely flaunts it on Instagram, showing others the reality of drastic weight loss (which includes a much bigger smiler if you're Johansen).

There's a cycle of grief that everyone goes through after a rejection: denial, bargaining, anger, straight-up insulting, and, if you're lucky, acceptance. 

Redditor LucidDreamCatcher had the misfortune of a creepy dude messaging her through the whole cycle.​ Without seeing the irony, the dude sent 19 (!!!) messages before saying "I know what no means hoe," only to later say that she should be flattered that he asked at all, and how dare she tempt him by posting a pic. 

At the risk of sounding like your gender studies professor (but hey, isn't that what the Internet is nowadays?), this is textbook example of male entitlement and rape culture. Enjoy!

How lovely. How did people ever date before text messaging?

A tumblr called The Last Message Received compiles all the heart-wrenching final messages that people exchanged with ex-friends, ex-partners, and deceased loved ones. The digital permanence of these concluding words have an eerie but beautiful way of summing up entire relationships in just a few lines. Below are only a handful of stories people have shared to the blog. After reading them, you'll think twice the next time you do or don't shoot a text to someone you care about (or resent).

1. The OkCupid psycho.

“Next time I see you I’m gonna beat your skull into your brain”

From a guy I met on OKcupid in February of last year. We dated for a while and there were all sorts of red flags I ignored. He was really controlling and verbally abusive. Once we agreed to just be friends, it only made it worse. He constantly wanted me I be around him instead of studying and working on my school work. He accused me of sleeping with every person I met and constantly told me how stupid I was. I eventually had enough of his toxicity and told him I didn’t want to be his friend anymore. He proceeded to harass me and send me threatening texts. I got the university we both attended involved and he got suspended for 5 years. I had to get a protective order against him because I was afraid he was just gonna show up at school one day. He tried to get one against me, painted me as a crazy ex making it all up for attention. I still have nightmares about him and I think I’ve seen him driving near the university a few times, but I’m not 100% sure so I can’t report it. There are a few people I know that make me feel like I deserved it for staying his friend. I used to expect the best from people, but now I don’t trust anyone.

2. Chump wants girl to settle. She doesn't.

He took me out on a date and the next day I received a text from his girlfriend. He sent me this 6 months later. Never felt so liberated in my life. By passing on him, I was in the right place at the right time to meet my future husband. We get married next year! Don’t waste one second on people who don’t deserve you, you are worth so much more. You deserve to be loved as deeply as you give love!!

3. A brutal ghosting.

Then she never spoke to me again. She was sick, she fell of the face of the earth when things got hard once before. When she stopped responding to my calls and texts, I expected the worst. But once I realized I had been blocked on all social means I knew that this time she wasn’t coming back. This last message was on my birthday and I still wonder if sending the last message on that day was purposeful.

4. Grandma's last gift.

By the time we found out my grandmother had cancer she had kept it a secret for too long. The doctors no longer knew where it originated from, but it had taken over her whole body. She passed away in 2011. In 2014 when I graduated from college, my grandfather gave me a hallmark graduation card that he had found in the troves of stockpiled empty cards my grandmother used to collect for different life events. On the inside cover was this quote written in my grandmother’s handwriting. Her graduation present to me three years after her passing. I sobbed instantly.

5. Mom and daughter reconcile when it matters most.

My mom was in the hospice care because she had major surgery. That night I was upset with her because we’d gotten in a fight over the phone. Those texts were the last texts I’d ever received from her (the green messages are actually hers. This is her old phone.) and I feel like the luckiest person because my mom got to know how much I loved her.

6. Damn.

My good friend’s dad died around Thanksgiving. Two weeks later he drank himself to death.

7. Mom's sense of humor lives on.

This is the last text I got from my mom before she died of Stage IV brain cancer at the age of 53. It left her completely paralyzed on the left side of her body, hence the typos in the texts. What she was saying was, “You’re missing ‘music therapy.’ Almost as good as Good Friday church giggles.” A few years prior to this, we went to the Good Friday service at our church. The choir was absolutely horrendous and couldn’t sing whatsoever. She and I sat there, in the most serious, somber church service of all, laughing hysterically, unable to stop for the life of us. She sent me this text while she was in hospice and I was at school. They give the patients there “music therapy,” which is basically just code for weird New Age people with singing bowls. She knew I’d laugh at that. At the time she sent me this, her brain had been rapidly fading. This was on September 4th, and she died on September 25th. She never lost her crazy sense of humor, even during the end. This is probably the best last text I could’ve ever gotten.

8. Victim of a true monster.

“i’m fine, i just need to have a rest”

I had only met him hours before, but I cared about him so much. Somebody had been giving out his information on a website, so I messaged him.“Hi, you don’t know me but someone is spreading your number around.” or something to that effect. Then he filled me in; how, after a few months of an internet relationship forged in paradise, he sent his boyfriend pictures of himself naked. How his “boyfriend” wasn’t really a boy at all. How he used those pictures to torment and enslave him - going so far as to dictate what he ate, where he went, who he spoke to, all from miles away. I messaged the man who had been exploiting him, posing as a thirteen year old girl interested in him. He said, “Would you like me to make you one of my slaves?” I replied, “What do you mean?” and he proceeded to explain to me that he had tens of young children whom he controlled. Then, he said, “In fact, I’m beginning to build a website for one of them. When I get bored of him, I’m going to release it to the public and destroy his life.”

He was talking about my friend.

Obviously I couldn’t keep something like that from him, and told him what the man had said. He freaked out, and I spent while trying to calm him down. He had threatened to kill himself, right there and then, and had even searched how many pills he needed to digest for it to work. He would rather end it all than live through the humiliation. I talked to him some more, and eventually I felt as if he were a lot more stable. Then he sent the message. Told me he was just going to have a nap and cool himself down. I was so fucking stupid. I could’ve stopped him, called the police, anything. But I didn’t.

He never said anything after that, and a few days later through frantic searching of what little information I had known about him, I found a news article with a picture of his face.

“Teen, 16, commits suicide.” The title alone was too much for me, and I slammed the laptop screen down without reading another word. I could’ve done so much more for him.

9. Addiction summed up.

My big sister was an addict. She used a combination of meth and heroin because she could never do anything half-assed. Before she died, she had been running from justice with her boyfriend, whom she met in jail. She ruined him. She ruined her husband. She ruined her three little boys. She ruined me. She died in July when the man-on-meth in the driver’s seat fell asleep. I’ll never forget the sight of her empty skull cavity. It will haunt me for the rest of my life. Sometimes I wish she had never existed, just to save my nephews this pain. But, like I said, she never did anything half-assed and that would just be too easy.

10. Let's end on a truly and utterly devastating note, because that's all you're going to get from this blog.

My dad died 6 weeks later flying the plane in this picture.

Get lost for hours on end in their archives if you have enough tears for it.

Victoria Beckham hasn't released a solo album since her eponymous 2001 post-Spice Girls debut. Though she recorded an R&B-influenced double album called Open Your Eyes and Come Together in 2003 and 2004 with Jay Z's former manager, Damon Dash, the bankruptcy of her label—Telstar—caused them to get shelved and ultimately the album was never released. Fortunately for fans of the Posh One, they can hear the results of those studio sessions now that Come Together has been leaked in its entirety. Here's one demo titled "That Dude" featuring the late, great Wu-Tang member Ol' Dirty Bastard.

It's certainly doesn't sound like the Beckham Posh-heads grew up with.

Teen Vogue reports that the tracks somehow ended up on eBay which someone kindly leaked for the world to hear and think, "hmm, I don't know how I feel about this, I sure do miss ODB though."

YouTuber Leo Cezimbra compiled a playlist of the whole album which you can listen to here (until it gets taken down) if this piqued your curiosity.