Ode To A Slacker…

TIME: 9:55am, Friday the 28th

CUPS OF COFFEE: 3

LEVEL OF BOREDOM (1-10): 8

PROJECTS I SHOULD BE WORKING ON: 4

PROJECTS I AM ACTUALLY WORKING ON: 0

# OF TIMES I HIT SNOOZE THIS AM: 50 (give or take)

$ SPENT ON PARKING THIS WEEK (due to ’snoozing’): $65

MINUTES LATE TO WORK TODAY: 2

CURRENT SHAMELESS OBSESSIVE TV SHOW ADDICTION: Stargate Atlantis

# OF BOOKS TO READ FOR BOOK CLUB(S): 2 (Timescapeby G. Benford & Stranger in a Strange Land by R. Heinlein)

# OF PAGES TO READ EACH DAY IN ORDER TO FINISH TIMESCAPE BEFORE DISCUSSION: 50

# OF STARGATE EPISODES I WATCHED LAST NIGHT IN LIEU OF READING: 4

# OF TIMES I LAUGHED OUT LOUD WHILE WATCHING STARGATE LAST NIGHT: about 100

# OF TIMES I CRIED WATCHING STARGATE LAST NIGHT: 1

CURRENTLY CRAVING: Papa Murphy’s D’Lite Gourmet Chicken Garlic Pizza

CURRENTLY JAMMING TO: Sigur Ros (thanks Michael!)

FUNNIEST BLOG I’VE COME ACROSS TO DATE (warning–this is laugh-out-loud hilarious, do NOT read at work): Spambait

WHY YOU SHOULD CLICK THE LINK AND GO THERE IMMEDIATELY (aka, you wish you were this creative–hell, I do!): Have you ever wondered what to do with those spam emails you get from scammers promising “Your $35M in British Lottery winnings will be directly deposited into your bank account–just send us the routing number and a $350 processing fee…”? Well, my new-found Canadian blog-friend has the answer:

“…you could ignore them (recommended). You could give them the benefit of the doubt and check our their claims (not recommended). Or, you could do what I do: Write them back, expressing a seeming interest in whatever they happen to be shilling, and see how long you can string them along.
Over time, my ongoing correspondences with these online scammers has produced some truly memorable missives, not to mention an ever-expanding roster of pseudonymous responders, among them arch supervillain Baron Destructo, pragmatic opportunist Aloysius P. Hazzencockle, and Sesame Street’s very own Cookie Monster.”