Saturday, March 14, 2009

Friday the 13th news and reviews

1. There is an ad on the side of my news website with the picture of a smiling guy looking relaxed and happy in a suit and tie. Under the photo you read "Surprising stay-home salaries. Working from home is more popular than ever..." My comment: There is no way that guy is wearing a suit while working from home. No way.

2. On March 3, a news story broke that Utah was #1 in online porn consumption. On March 11, a news story indicated that Utah was the #1 happiest state in the nation. Utah being #1 twice within two weeks led naturally to the question: are they related?

Actually no. Mississippi is #3 in porn consumption, but #48 in happiness. I guess Utahns get their happiness elsewhere.

3. Daylight savings time change hit me over the head on Sunday. I can't get up in the dark dark. I have always wanted to move to Arizona, and every time the clock changes I wish I were there -- where they don't spring forward or fall back an hour each year. How sane is that? Wouldn't that be great? Do you think there's any chance that my state ... No. No not a chance.

4. This has been a painful week. I will celebrate its end by grading exams deep into the night. What do you do for fun on a Friday?

2 comments:

Letterpress said...

Yeah. I'm not in a suit and tie and I'm working from home. On a Sunday. So sue me.

(I'm taking no prisoners tonight. Good thing hubby's in Baltimore.)

I'm off to watch a sappy British film in order to sweeten up again as I've been working since Stake Conf. got out. See? I have morals. I went to church.


P.S. Hope your mother doesn't read this.

Bryan said...

I have a conference every year in Europe at the end of March. Did you know that Europe celebrates Daylight Savings a few weeks later than us here in the States? The last two years I've had to go through 2 Daylight Savings!