THE DAILY DIVERSION

Okay, so yesterday I got hooked on this new form of crack. It's called Blog$hares. It's kind of like the stock market, but with blogs. Really, I just got started with it because I found out my blog was listed there and I was the 10th ranked blog in the "Memphis" industry (out of 31), and I wanted to find out how to be like George Jefferson, and "Move on up!"

I also spent all day waiting for the information, which I didn't get until this morning. It actually took my bosses boss making a phone call to get the person to get the info to me. I guess I was on the backburner, until upper-management stepped in. Yes, my ego is officially deflated now!

Actually it's not. I have too much work to do to really think about that whole situation anymore. I've got to dump all of the info into our database and then extract the stuff I need, clean it up, and compile my list again. Yes, it's sooooooooooo exciting!

I had another grand idea for my "Rules of Thumb" last night. Why it hit me when I was just on the brink of sleep is beyond me. Actually that's when most of my good ideas come to me. The only problem is that I rarely take the time to get up and write them down. Last night I did! Yippee!

Speaking of sleepy time... I discovered a new creature in my bed last night. Usually I just have a "Snuggler" in there with me, which isn't very obtrusive, but last night this rare animal showed up. I like to call it the "Diagonal Sleeping Snuggle Bear", or DSSB for short. The DSSB is rare in that it finds a way to completely cover from one corner to opposite corner, an entire King-sized bed, and push any other occupants into an uncomfortable sleeping position (commonly known as "Anywhere you can find room"). Here's hoping that this animal doesn't show up very often, because your's truly has a really, really stiff neck this morning.