*Sigh*

Another moral dilemma.

Work-related.

This evening the carpet in my office is being replaced.

Everything must be up off the floor and out of the shelves.

Packed into boxes and moved out.

It will probably take me 2-3 hours to get it all done.

Which means I've lost almost a whole afternoon of potentially-productive work time.

The dilemma:

Should I bust my butt this morning trying to do twice as much work

So that the loss of my afternoon doesn't affect my overall productivity for the week?

Or should I just operate at my normal pace this morning

And not feel bad about losing the afternoon?

I mean, the decision to replace the carpeting was made by higher-ups

So it isn't like it's MY fault that I'm not getting anything done this afternoon.
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There is a third option.

I could just sit here and fuck around on the computer all morning

And get NO work done

And tell anyone who asks

"I'm just checking my email before packing boxes..."

Guess which one I picked.








If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?

I'm off today.

Sittin' at home.

Beautiful sunny day outside the window.

Cup of high-quality generic Wal Mart coffee in my hand ($2.29/metric ton).

Reflecting on how important I have become

Because of the multitude of folks that post to this BLOG.

One of them said:

"JB- get that weird letter verification thing off Blogspot and dump those Spammers. "

I was in a quandry.

(ed. note - had to look that up on dictionary.com to see if it was spelled right. Is it? I'm not going to do your thinking for you...)

It does my ego good and gives me a sense of self-worth when I see the huge number of folks who post here.

Unfortunately, fully 20 - 25% of those are spammers.

So do I continue to live in my made-up little world?

Believing that I am oh-so-worthy because so damn many people think highly enough of me to post to my BLOG?

Even though many of them are spammers?

And truly don't know me?

And just want to sell me a bigger penis?

Or hot kinky teenage sex?

Or good generic drugs?

And should I thus let the spammers define my value to the universe?

Or should I come back to reality and admit that my self-worth actually comes from inside?

And that no one can really define me, except ME?

And that it really is NOT my business what other people think of me?

That it's more important what I think of me?

Well, if you post a response to this, I think you'll be able to figure out which direction I went.

And how I solved my quandary.

Well, it's been 4 days since my last post.

I think I'm in danger of becoming prolific.

I had to look up prolific on dictionary.com to see if I was using it right.

I'm not gonna tell you if I was.

Suffer.

Anywho, today's dilemma:

I work a flex schedule and today I am supposed to get off of work an hour early.

This morning, The Boss told everyone they could leave an hour early today as a mini-reward for a job well-done on a recent project.

So does that mean I get to leave TWO hours early?

More importantly, do I ask The Boss for clarification?

With the chance that I WON'T get to leave two hours early?

But ensuring that I don't make a mistake and tick the boss off?

And also assuring the boss that I am a responsible employee who is mindful of the welfare of the department?

...

Now let's flash back to reality, kiddos.

It's Friday.

I'm leaving two hours early today.

Sometimes, it's better to ask forgiveness than permission

I was gonna put this in the other post for today, but it just didn't fit.

God forbid I get labelled as a regular blogger.

Anywho...

I'm off work today. To celebrate some guy who ran slaves and accidentally smacked into the East coast of the United States back in 1492.

Don't get me wrong, I'll celebrate your goldfish's birthday if I get a day off for it.

I'm just wondering two things:

1. Why did I have to wait until I got to COLLEGE to find out that this guy wasn't the best thing since sliced bread?

2. Aren't there a lot of OTHER dead human beings who deserve a day to celebrate more than a dead slave-runner?

Of course, I don't judge this guy because I'd be judging his 5-century-old actions based on my 2005 standards. But what I DO wonder is WHY we still celebrate him?

Is that the message we want to pass on to our kids? And to the rest of the world?

"Hey everybody, we'd just like to let you know that we are STILL celebrating the works of a dead slave-trader."

Of course, history classes for me were usually nap time, so I could be way off-base here.

Any thoughts from the huge audience this blog has?

One of the MULTITUDE of folks that regularly post to my BLOG said:

"most of us only post when we are bitchy aka cynical..i figured it was a federal law..or some such nonsense..."

Or could it be instead that it's the fed that MAKES us bitchy and cynical?

and thus we post voluminously, so that it APPEARS that we are following some kind of law...?

cause and effect

chicken or the egg

coffee or the mug

OK. I'm at work on what was supposed to be a day off.

Every fiber of my being tells me to procrastinate on work stuff.

So I am.

Procrastinating, that is.

Posting to my BLOG on work time.

Sticking it to the man.

Think I'll go get some coffee now.

A fellow bloggers says I should post with a "topic" to encourage responses.

But I don't really want to talk with anyone.

But here's a topic anyhow: coffee.

Let your wisdom flow.

The goal for this post: greater than or equal to zero responses.