One of these days...

My favorite time to do some sorts of projects is "one of these days." Unfortunately, it looks like today might be "one of these days."

Grumble.

Never put off for tomorrow what you can put off forever.

Anyway, duty calls.

As a result blogging should be scant today. However, it probably won't be, since what is a better way of dodging tedium than by blogging? We'll see.

Procrastination is a funny thing, but I don't think I trust anyone who doesn't procrastinate to some degree. There is just something sick about people who get everything done well before deadline. What are they racing for? Generally getting your work done early just means more work (the early worm gets eaten and all that).

I really do understand Francophilia, or at least elements of it.

Ah, the 35 hour work week. How amazingly civilized. It also has the benefit of getting the crypto-and-not-so-crypto Puritans all tied up in knots. The thing is, I would bet that the average French worker is just as productive as the average American worker. Much of the energy that I see people spend on the job tends more towards maintaining an appearance of being busy.

Now, certainly the French fritter away time on the job, too. They have the internet, after all. But I would bet that the sort of frittering that goes with the French work ethic means that there are more productive hours in a week than that which goes with the Protestant work ethic.