Happy Christmas

Happy Christmas World!

Blocked!

And I don't mean a volleyball block! Some dude in the company IT department has decided he would make my life a living nightmare by blocking all the websites I use! (Well, its more likely a programme that noticed the increased traffic to unauthorised sites and blocked it, but I prefer blaming a person!) I've had to resort to posting to my blog this way, which I've never done before and is pretty annoying.

So, I am no longer able to acees the following:

- UCC Webmail
- NY Times
- Blogger.com
- O2
- Hotmail
- Gmail

Any any other site that downloads ads from another website e.g. doubleclick.net

It was bad enough that the internet here at this company, that shall remain nameless, lest I get fired for complaining about it, was possibly the slowest internet connection known to mankind, but now they wont even allow me sit staring at the status bar for half an hour waiting for a simple page to load. I guess its going to raise my productivity, but hell, its pissing me off even more, which will probably reduce my productivity to below "pre-unblocked-internet" times.

In conclusion, I hope you're happy IT department!

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Politics

So, politics. I wouldn't consider myself political, but considering all the books I read, I suppose one could say I have an interest in international politics. Two stories stood out today on the BBC News website. The first story is kinda funny, but serious at the same time. Bobby Fischer, a former world chess champion is being sought by the US government because he played a chess match in Yugoslavia 10 years ago when there was US and UN sanctions against Yugoslavia. Seemingly he could get 10 years for playing a chess match. Then again, he did earn $3 million for playing the match. Still, its just a chess match!

The other story is a little more serious and somewhat closer to home. Its about Turkey beginning membership talks to join the EU. Now, I'm all for EU enlargement and was especially proud when on May 1st 2004, 10 new countries joined when Ireland had the EU presidency. But adding a new county that would make it the largest country in the EU with a massive Muslim population and giving the EU a border with Iraq is a little much. I don't know much about Turkey, but my impressions are that it doesn't belong in the EU. The politicians have notions that it will help the EU rival the US as a global power and that it will help reduce the EU - Islam tensions meaning they wont blow us up.

The fact it would be the poorest county in the EU is also worrying. There are a number of new ascensions states that need all the money they can get. Wanting another massive country that's even poorer, is asking for trouble. I suppose one saving grace is that membership for them is at least 15 years away and that Chirac has promised the French people a referendum on the issue. If Ireland have a referendum on the issue, I reckon I'd vote against them joining. I'm happy with the EU as it is. Its the European Union, not the "European slash Middle Eastern Union" Just because they have a little patch of land technically on the European Continent and about 95% of the country is in the Middle East shouldn't give them a right to join the EU. But seemingly it does!

Family

I'm just after reading a post on Kellie's Blog and it put me thinking. You see, I'm about to go out for dinner with half of my family - my Dad and sister. It will be nice to see them and have something nice to eat. I haven't been down to Cork in a while and anytime I do, I just end up going out with what Kellie refers to as her family in Cork. Its true, I find the volleyball gang as my family in Cork. Most of my friends who are still in Cork are part of the volleyball club. It helps that a few of my good school friends are involved in the volleyball club. I have a good few others, but they are limited to those in my class and a few others from school.

Honestly, anytime I want to go out in Cork, I just give someone in the club a call and there will be somebody going out. I remember my first day of college during Fresher's Week when the Students Union President came in and spoke to us about college. He said a whole load of rubbish probably, but one thing stuck out. He said that you will have friends in college from your class and that you'll go out and get to know them well. But your real friends from college will be those you've made through a club or society. I can't remember his name, but he was right. I feel that my real friends from college were made through the volleyball club. If I had kept up hockey, then I would have made some good friends from that club. In fact, I still have a good few friends that I still know, even though I gave up in 2002.

Another reason why the volleyball club are my family in Cork when I go back is because a lot of my other friends have moved on. Its the bad thing about growing up and doing different things, but its inevitable that people move on and you lose touch with them. I'm not sure why I've lost touch with a number of friends, but it just happens. Being in Dublin doesn't help.

As for my Dublin family, I would most definitely say my start group at work. I started with 22 other recent graduates, so I immediately had a group of friends to go out with, and go out we do. I suppose its more often around Christmas, but still they're a great bunch of people to go out with. Its just a shame I don't work with them. We all work in the same company, but we're spread out over a number of different sites.

I've been thinking now for a while about taking up hockey again. If I take this job in London, which I'm 99% sure of taking, then I don't think I'll play volleyball for a number of reasons. One of them is that I don't think I'm any good and I've tried it for a number of years without much success. Another one is that the volleyball club atmosphere or circumstances aren't what I'm looking for. When I was in London during the summer I met up with London Lionhearts Volleyball Club. They were a really cool club, but most of the people involved were just in London temporarily. I've done that too much in the past and I don't want to go through all that again.

I mean I've made some really good friends through the volleyball club but it kinda sucks when they leave again. I've been told it before that its just a conveyor belt of new Erasmus and Study Abroad students every year. One batch replacing another. Its just that it takes so much effort to get to know all these people. And by the time you're good friends with them, they have to go home again. They are my family, all be it somewhat a temporary one. Its not all bad though, I have made some really good friends through the volleyball club who are still around and will be for the foreseeable future.

I guess it just shows how important your blood family is to you. They'll always be there for me. And anytime I go home, they're the same, a constant in my life. Even though I don't agree with them sometimes, they're my family. It kinda sucks that one family member has just skipped ahead of me. He's not with me now, but I'm sure I'll meet him pretty soon.

There's Something Rotten in the State of Denmark!

Well, actually Denmark is doing just fine. Its me! I'm only 23, but I'm crippled by lower back problems. I'm not sure how I actually did it to myself, but its killing me. I kinda screwed up my back a few years ago when I was playing hockey, but got physio for it. It comes back now and again, but its pretty bad now.

The other thing wrong with me is that I seem to be tired all day everyday. I've had a few late nights recently, but I reckon I've slept it off. I got 12 hours sleep Saturday but only 6 hours Sunday night. Maybe its my lack of a consistent nights sleep thats killing me. Last night I fell asleep reading a book at about 9.30pm and slept pretty much until 8.30am, making me a little late for work. Not even almost 11 hours on a week night seem to be enough for me. Help somebody!

No other major news really. Kellie is back down in Cork for a few days catching up with the volleyball gang down there. I'm going out tonight for a while with my start group. We were supposed to be going ice-skating, but none of us actually booked tickets in time! So we're just going to meet up in the pub later. Although I'm feeling wrecked, so I might not go out for long.

I'm going to leave it at this for today. I dont really have the energy to think about something interesting to say.

67 Things About Me

1. I'm from Cork
2. I have black hair.
3. I prefer Murphys to Guinness (like a Corkman would prefer anything else!)
4. I went to the same all boys school from age 5 to 18
5. I have an older sister and younger brother
6. Whiskey makes me puke
7. I "try" to play volleyball
8. I was born on 19th July 1981
9. I get paid for blogging (I do it at work)
10. I download loads of music
11. I buy CD's of my favourite bands though
12. I go to the cinema about once every 6 months
13. I love the Discovery Channel
14. I dont read fiction books
15. I met Ash and Coldplay
16. I am a "College Scholar" of UCC
17. No one reads my blog
18. I'm a techie
19. I got a full scholarship to Christian Brothers College
20. I love gadgets (I have a Pocket PC, iPod, Digital Camera and Laptop)
21. I've lived in Boston, London & New York
22. I got 520 in the Leaving Cert.
23. I played rugby for years when I was younger, but quit when I was 14
24. I took up hockey instead.
25. I do my own laundry!
26. I can cook decent meals and have never starved
27. I used to be a good pool player (I learned here)
30. I can go from being clean to the biggest slob in a matter of minutes
31. I love milk
32. My Dad pays for my mobile phone
33. I follow the voting patterns of my parents
34. I'm crap at doing this
35. Joining the UCC Volleyball Club was the best thing I did in college
36. I've been to the Guinness Storehouse twice!
37. I've gambled in Las Vegas
38. I've been to the Grand Canyon
39. I spent a month in France on an exchange when I was 16
40. I met my first girlfriend in the airport in Paris on the way to my exchange!
41. I have a thing for an American girl
42. I still wear my Christians scarf
43. I have a BSc in Business Information Systems
44. I've walked up the Eiffel Tower
46. I hate Bulmers
47. I only write with a fountain pen
48. I follow Tottenham Hotspur
49. I call football soccer, even though most call it football
50. I can never remember jokes
51. Worringly I can remember almost anyones e-mail address
52. Same goes for remembering URL's
53. The first movie I saw in the cinema was Home Alone 1
54. The first CD I bought was "The Bends" by Radiohead
55. I prefer "The Bends" over "OK Computer"
56. My favourite bands are: (in no particular order) U2, Green Day, Ash, Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Weezer, Smashing Pumpkins & Red Hot Chili Peppers
57. I saw Ash 3 times in concert in 2001
58. I've been to U2 twice
59. I love my cordless optical mouse!
60. I think I have green eyes
61. I hate taking the bus
62. I'm new to blogging
63. I used to keep a diary when I was younger
64. I eat my steak medium-well
65. I was awarded a "Bene Merentis" by the UCC Athletic Union in April 2003
66. I think all Italians are crazy (in a good way!)
67. I havent slept for more than a week at my parents house since May 2002

Time flies when you're having fun

Good god, another week has passed by already. It seems like just yesterday that I was back down in Cork hanging out with the volleyball gang. This week has been fairly productive work wise. I mean, everything isn't finished, but I'm tipping along nicely.

So, last night I went out with my career counselor at work for dinner. There were about 17 of us in total as there was another career counselor there with his gang. My career counselor is basically someone that I can go to if I need counseling on my career. Really, I'm not sure why I have one, but I dont care. I had a free night out on the company. I think the bill came to about €1,100 at least for everyone. Nice chunk of change for just one night out. I got home at about 3am and wasnt exactly hopping out of the bed. But I'm happy with myself, I got in for 9.30am, as I've been doing most mornings now and just staying late. I wasn't cursing myself for being lazy. I just decided to go in late.

I'm off now to another free night out, but after last night, I think I'll take it handy. Not sure who'll be there, but we'll give it a go anyway. I have to be up relatively early as I have to collect Kellie at Dublin Airport at about 11.30am. I reckon it'll take about an hour to get there all in. I can't wait to see Kellie tomorrow!

By the way, you should check out The Brutha Code blog. Its absolutely hilarious. I've been reading it all day!

Blogs

I've been browsing quite a few blogs today, just tyring to see whats out there. It was kind of weird, but I came across the blog of one of my economics professors in college. Atlantic Blog is actually pretty well done, but its very extensive and a little too heavy for my liking. None the less, I thought it was kinda cool.

Another one is Des Bishop's Blog. He's a pretty decent American comedian who grew up in Ireland and actually studies arts in UCC, where I went to college. I think I'm gonna go mad and start linking to any blog that I like. I don't feel like actually making a connection with these blogs asking if I can link, which might be the right thing to do, but honestly, I dont care.

A couple others I'm gonna add are: Irish Eagle which as the name suggests and from what I've read is by an IrishAmerican now living in Ireland and Gavin's Blog which is by an Irish journalist.

An excellent website that I just discovered is Project Syndicate. Joseph Stiglitz, the author of the book I'm currently reading contributes to this which I reckon I'll be reading much more of in the future.

I know I've already linked to Kellie's Blog, but you should really read it. Her last post was hysterical. She's doing her last final before she comes to visit me on Saturday! Woo hoo! I can't wait.

In future, I'm just going to add new links to blogs without commenting on them.

Northern Ireland

I had intended talking about other things, but the gravity of the situation playing out in Northern Ireland currently forces me to talk about it. This morning, the IRA released the following statement which was published by An Phoblacht.

"More than ten years ago, an IRA cessation publicly heralded the onset of the Irish peace process. Since then, the IRA has, time and again, demonstrated its commitment to sustaining and developing that process through a series of very significant and substantive initiatives.

In the context of the work to conclude a comprehensive agreement, the leadership of Óglaigh na hÉireann decided:

- to support a comprehensive agreement by moving into a new mode which reflects our determination to see the transition to a totally peaceful society;
- all IRA Volunteers be given specific instructions not to engage in any activity which might thereby endanger that new agreement;
- the IRA leadership also decided that we will, in this context, conclude the process to completely and verifiably put all our arms beyond use;
- we instructed our representative to agree with the IICD the completion of this process, speedily, and if possible by the end of December;
- to further enhance public confidence we agreed to the presence of two clergymen as observers during this process.

The IRA leadership decided to contribute in this way to a comprehensive agreement to resolve all outstanding issues, including those of concern within unionism. For his part, Ian Paisley demanded that our contribution be photographed, and reduced to an act of humiliation.

This was never possible. Knowing this, he made this demand publicly as the excuse for his rejection of an overall agreement to create a political context with the potential to remove the causes of conflict. As the IRA leadership has said before, this is a context in which Irish republicans and unionists can, as equals, pursue our respective political objectives peacefully.

We restate our commitment to the peace process. But we will not submit to a process of humiliation.

We commend our Volunteers and the wider republican base for their patience and discipline in these testing times. Our commitment, like theirs, to our republican objectives is undiminished.

We thank those who have made genuine contributions to the efforts to find solutions to ongoing problems. While acknowledging these efforts, we reiterate our view that progress cannot be made by pandering to the demands of those who are against change.

The search for a just and lasting peace is a challenging one. The IRA leadership has risen to that challenge. The British Government and the leaders of unionism must do likewise."
P O'Neill
Irish Republican Publicity Bureau
Dublin

From my point of view as someone who lives in the republic, this seems to be quite a step forward. I can see the problem from both sides. The DUP would have a hard time from their grassroots if they didnt get complete verification. But from the IRA/Sinn Féin point of view, its easy to understand why they dont want to have the decommissioning process publicised. The IRA have agreed to have two clergymen from both sides present, which surely should be enough. Even the decommissioning body should be enough. Its independent, so surely the DUP could trust them. If they cant trust that body, or even clergymen, then why bother? Do they want to do it themselves and laugh in the face of the IRA while they're at it? They have to trust someone, but they cant even trust one of their own clergymen.

I just came across the British & Irish Proposal document which I havent had a chance to read yet, but it seemingly goes through everything that the governments had been discussing and included the terms of the current agreement, which unfortunately didnt go though. But I have read that there are plans to reconvene the talks sometime next week. Hopefully the IRA statement will have some effect in changing the minds of the DUP.

I have always had a keen interest in Northern Ireland politics. For probably the last 6 or 7 years I have read a number of books on the topic ranging from books about informers to the SAS in Northern Ireland. I have a couple more books on the subject to be read, which I will hopefully get around to sometime soon. My mother was worried a few years back that I wanted to join the IRA. I still get that now and again, but only jokingly when I tell her about a new book I've read.

In some of the more recent books that I've read, including Stakeknife, it seems to me that most within the movement have resigned themselves to finding a peaceful resolution to the conflict. Since 9/11, any form of terrorism is a bad idea. People all over the world are now more likely to lump the IRA in with al-Qaeda, something I assume the IRA dont want to do. They were always going down the road to peace, its just that 9/11 prompted them to do it a little faster, and to not be defined as a terrorist. Actually, another book I'm about to read (once I've finished the other 10!) is Terror Inc which details the money behind international terrorism. The IRA is mentioned, so it should be interesting to see what is said about them.

Wanting to finish on a positive note, I think its just a matter of time before power-sharing is restored to NI. Hopefully it will be before Christmas, but I have a sneaking suspicion that it will be after.

I'm just as cool as you!

Unlike most others, this is going to be short. I got on the Luas last night and went two stops out to Dundrum so that I could go to Tesco to do some shopping. I had my iPaq in my hand and was just writing down what I needed to buy. I sat down next to this business type guy in his mid-twenties. Literally, a minute after I sat down, he decided to take out his PDA too. Seriously, was he just trying to prove to me and any other people on the tram that actually cared, that he was as cool as me, if not cooler with his PDA?!! It was really weird. He musn't have much confidence if he has to prove himself to a random guy on the tram that he has gadgets too!

Show's Over, Go Home

On the off chance that some of you care and want yet more articles on CSFB, I've trawled the internet for them. So here goes two more from the FT: here and here. This quote from Reuters is pretty upbeat quoting Brady Dougan as saying that CSFB will get back up with the big boys: MS and GS.

"Credit Suisse yesterday announced an overhaul of its business. The changes included a shake-up of its investment bank, a planned flotation of insurer Winterthur, and dropping of the Credit Suisse First Boston name. Roughly 300 jobs will go as part of the shake-up. CSFB chief executive Brady Dougan said the company will continue to compete with "bulge bracket" companies such as Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs. It intends to create a unified proprietary trading desk and invest in prime brokerage, which services hedge funds."

Yet another article again from Reuters, is worth a read, but is re-hashing whats already been said. I'm just after noticing a pattern in names! Morgan Stanley (MS) and Goldman Sachs (GS) are probably two of the top IB's around. CSFB with its tongue twister name has only been doing so so recently. I think the reason behind it is simply because of its name. The comment in this FT article backs me up.

"On the sensitive issue of branding, Mr Grübel hinted strongly that the venerable First Boston name would be dropped, but declined to say when."

Having the company called Credit Suisse or CS makes it easier to confuse it with one of the two big boys! Its a cunning but surprisingly simple plan to dupe clients into thinking CSFB are the best around, which, in actual fact they are! Either that, or they just want to consolidate the group! I'm going with the simple name change!

My friend e-mailed me this morning and said that having watched the live webcast of the presentations, he's not worried. He said some reporter actually asked might it create more work in technology because of the realignment of the business but they didn't give a direct answer.

So, that little blip on the radar screen, has passed and I dont think I need to worry about that anymore. My search for a new blogging topic goes on!

Good News

Well, CSFB have made the announcement regarding their restructuring at their Investor Day 2004. I have yet to read all the slides that I've downloaded, but according to Bloomberg

"that as many as 300 jobs will be eliminated at CSFB as part of an effort to boost net income at the investment bank..."

This isn't as bad as what I thought yesterday, as the BBC also say that only 300 jobs will be cut as well as the floating of Winterthur, instead of selling it.

So, I can sleep easy tonight, knowing the the company I'm due to work for in July 2005 is actually going to be there when I start!

Spam!

Dont you hate it? I mean, what the hell is the point of it? Its obviously worth something to the spammers, otherwise they wouldnt keep harassing us all. The reason I say this, is because yesterday, I was browsing blogs here by clicking the "Next Blog" button at the top of my blog. There were so many rubbish ones advertising different crap. They just had the same post up for everyday. Reckon blogger.com should put something in place to stop these blogs being created automatically.

I could ramble on here for days about spam and how I dont need any penis extension equipement or Viagra (because I dont have either problem!) but I'm not going to. I'm feeling kinda lazy this morning blogs wise.

I still havent heard anything about CSFB. That will probably be later today, so it can be broadcast in the USA. I'll put up the results of the restructuring later today as and when I get the news.

Breaking News!

So, I just got an e-mail from one of my friends who was working with me in London during the summer. For those of you who dont know, I did an internship with Credit Suisse First Boston in their London office in their IT department. I suppose about a month ago, they called me offering me a full time job on their 2005 graduate programme starting in July 2005. As my current job isnt exactly setting me on fire, and the job in London pays almost twice as much, I told them that I would take it. I mean there are a load of reasons why its a good job to take, not least that London is a great city, but I wont bore you with them now.

Right, so back to my original point. I got an e-mail with a friend who also did the internship with me and who also got a job offer from CSFB. But today he told me about CSFB announcing 6,000 job cuts tomorrow. I checked out the Financial Times website and low and behold, there are articles on their pending announcements. There are rumours that they're going to focus on specific areas of investment banking and selling off their Equities business. This is especially worrying considering that I was working in the European Equities IT department during the summer! The articles in question that have me shifting just a little nervously in my chair are: this and this.

I dont want to get ahead of myself and say that I now cant take the job offer, but it is definitely food for thought. However, having read the articles and especially the first one, it seems that it isnt all that bad. I mean they're predicting 6,000 job losses, but only 20% in London. And I get the impression that they're just offloading their non-core business eg Winthur, their insurance arm. I dunno. I'm not going to ramble on here for ages trying to predict the actions of a multi-billion dollar business, and just wait until the press release tomorrow. I should also probably contact the few people inside the company that I know. I need to do that anyway to make sure this new job is for me, but also I need to do it now in light of this.

I suppose the other breaking news that will come as a complete shock to you all is that I slept out yet again this morning! I only got into work for 9.45am. I woke up just after 9.00am but even when I realised I was late, I just lay there for a good few minutes. Its probably bad that I'm always late, but then again, nothing has been said to me and I do my required 37.5 hours a week. I'm not the only one that comes in late and stays on late. Its seeminly up to me when I decide when I do my hours. But I should really try to do the normal 9.00am - 5.30pm times like most others.

The third piece of breaking news is that I only slept for a small bit on the way back up to Dublin last night with my sister. I usually pass out half way up and wake up outside my apartment door. But not last night. I did nod off for a while, but by and large, I stayed awake most of the way up. I'm quite happy with myself. I really wanted to and in hinesight should have slept all the way up, but I would have felt bad. My parents are always warning me to stay awake and keep my sister company.

My weekend back in Cork was fairly predictable - volleyball. I went playing in the Mardyke Arena and then met up with the others later on for a house party. I stayed over at a friends house and got about 4/5 hours sleep Saturday night. I was worried that when going into volleyball on Saturday that I would be stopped for not being a student. However, as luck would have it, I knew the woman on reception and she recognised me. She said "You're a student, aren't you?" to which I obviously said yes! Saved me a lot of hassle and probably €5. The session wasnt bad, but for the life of me, I couldnt make one good pass. I made about 3 during the session, but all were complete crap.

I just did a quick search for more news on CSFB's job losses. I've found a couple other articles, which have left me a little more confident. The first one is from Reuters with the other from Bloomberg. They both hint at they offloading Winthur and merging some equities and fixed income research teams, which isnt too bad at all. Anyway, as I said before, I'll wait until tomorrow and find out exactly what they're doing. One thing that seems for certain, is to change their name to "Credit Suisse" by dropping the "First Boston" bit.

Well, better get back to the daily grind of debugging code that I didnt write or mess up. Seriously, I havent "cut" any new lines of code myself in ages. I seem to be just trying to fix some mistake that I didnt make for the past week or so. Hopefully by tomorrow I'll have more news on CSFB, or is it CS?

The Luas

So, the Luas! I think its great. But as everyone knows, you can't be a good old rant about the state of public transport, no matter where you are. Being in Dublin makes it a little easier because its pretty shocking to begin with. However, the Luas is probably Dublin public transport's saving grace.

Its a light rail system that is only open about 4 months, but ever since I've been in Dublin, I've used it. I cant honestly think of Dublin without it. I had the displeasure of getting the bus to work for about 2 weeks before I came across the amazing Luas. By the way, I had always thought it was the Irish for speed, but I was corrected at the intervarsities by James who said it actually meant velocity. I have no reason to disagree, so Luas means velocity. I suppose its pretty apt, as a tram system that just went fast, without going anywhere in particular would be useless. So, having it go with speed and direction is pretty handy. Thankfully its direction is perfect for me. Its about 2 minutes walk from my apartment, and it goes right to where I work.

Anyway, back to my gripes about the Luas. Before last night, I didnt have a bad word to say about it. However, last night was the first night of the Night Link. Usually the last Luas leaves St Stephens Green at 12.30am. But to allow drunk people after Christmas parties to get home, they now offer a service on the half hour until 3.00am. Now here's the nice bit. It costs €4, which to get home after a night out is nothing, but they totally ignore people who have weekly, monthly or even annual tickets. I went out last night to The Village and got the 1.30am Luas home. I was thinking of just blagging it by not buying a ticket and pleading ignorance because it was the first night of the Night Link, but my conscience got the better of me.

Low and behold, there was a ticket inspector on board. I showed her mine, no problem. She (by the way is a bad idea when having to deal with drunken lads with no ticket, but thats another story!) then went over to this couple sitting near me. The girl pulled out her weekly ticket, but she was told that it wasn't valid. Then her boyfriend jumped in saying that "we were never informed of it" and similar shite. They got all offensive blaming her for them not knowing they should buy a ticket. I wish I was back there now so I could have asked them "Well how come you didnt know you had to pay €4, but knew there was a late night Luas running?!" Hmmm? The ticket inspector just told them buy it next time. But at the next stop two really drunk lads came on, and when they got on, the driver came out and kicked them off for not having a ticket. Seems unfair that drunk people get kicked off, but obnoxious couples get away with it!

Hopefully, none of you were too annoyed yesterday when I didnt post anything, but you know this work business it taking up all my time, and I'm not happy about it. Actually, I spent most of my day yesterday just uploading loads more pictures to the volleyball club gallery. I'm off home this weekend, so it'll be Monday until I'm back here again. Only 90 minutes of work left for me this week! Woo hoo!

Zzzzzzz!

Its 9:35am and this is the first thing I've done at work this morning.

Go figure!