How I Wasted This Morning
As usual, I started the morning by opening my gmail. Nothing there to reply to, so I moved on to LJ. First friend post that I come across is by ccfinlay who posted a link to www.unesco.org/culture/ich/index.php. That killed a half-hour quickly, although I still had enough discipline to leave it alone, even after discovering an endangered language in Campobasso, Italy, right near my grandfather's hometown. Next up was a post by lizhand who linked to Jennifer Weiner's blog. From there, I discovered a Television Review blogsite www.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php that I have linked to but not allowed myself to peruse.
I then proceeded to iworkatborders for a dose of depression regarding my job and Borders in general. The site has too few posters who stay out of the closet, so the tone of conversation always deteriorates. While I understand the need for some to remain anonymous, it also lowers inhibitions. Still, there is useful information to be gleaned there although I'm not sure there's that much value in knowning massive layoffs are coming ahead of the rest of the peeps in my store.
I barely scratched the surface of Huffington Post before finding a photo of a previously believed extinct bird that was sold for food moments after the picture was taken. One wonders why the photographer couldn't shell out a few bucks for it. That led to my discovery of the photo of another endangered-close-to-extinct species, the smiling bird pictured in my new icon. I rather like the smile because I am often accused of smiling when I am completely unaware that I am doing it. This caused me deeply embarrassing moments in grade school.
Now I am left with an hour an a half before my son's musician friends appear and they begin their weekly jam session. Last week, I went to the library. This week, I'll try wax ear plugs and see if I can make up for this lost morning, seduced again by the internet.
I then proceeded to iworkatborders for a dose of depression regarding my job and Borders in general. The site has too few posters who stay out of the closet, so the tone of conversation always deteriorates. While I understand the need for some to remain anonymous, it also lowers inhibitions. Still, there is useful information to be gleaned there although I'm not sure there's that much value in knowning massive layoffs are coming ahead of the rest of the peeps in my store.
I barely scratched the surface of Huffington Post before finding a photo of a previously believed extinct bird that was sold for food moments after the picture was taken. One wonders why the photographer couldn't shell out a few bucks for it. That led to my discovery of the photo of another endangered-close-to-extinct species, the smiling bird pictured in my new icon. I rather like the smile because I am often accused of smiling when I am completely unaware that I am doing it. This caused me deeply embarrassing moments in grade school.
Now I am left with an hour an a half before my son's musician friends appear and they begin their weekly jam session. Last week, I went to the library. This week, I'll try wax ear plugs and see if I can make up for this lost morning, seduced again by the internet.