Bemusing

I am a fan of irony. However, it was a bit much yesterday to sit through a sermon at church all about the importance of keeping the Sabbath, while knowing full well I was going to flagrantly NOT keep it as soon as church was over, because I had so much work to do on my writing assignments.

I guess I could try to get around my determined and deliberate breaking of the fourth commandment by saying that I love writing so much that it just doesn't even feel like work. But there's a problem with that: If it's not work, then why do I procrastinate on getting it done?

Which leads me to problem #2: Lying is a violation of yet another commandment.

I am obviously not going to win on this one.

So I'll change the subject by saying that I was nonplussed by the lack of traffic on my way in to work this morning. When there is no traffic, I have mixed feelings. I mean, yay, no traffic, awesome... but wait a minute, what holiday am I missing out on that everyone else is enjoying?

(Answer: Lincoln's birthday.)

In other news, the Lang Lang concert on Saturday was phenomenal. Also, a new study apparently indicates that sleeping on the job might be good for people. Or at least, for Greek adults. (Those were the only people in the study, for some reason.)

Key quote from the article, courtesy of Dr. Dimitrios Trichopoulos, the study's senior author and a researcher at Harvard University and the University of Athens Medical School:

"My advice is if you can [nap], do it. If you have a sofa in your office, if you can relax, do it," Trichopoulos said.

Now excuse me while I go talk to my boss about the possibility of getting an air mattress for my cube...