I’m trying my damnedest to avoid reading any blogs at work this week. On Monday I deleted my Bloglines bookmark, removed Google Reader from my iGoogle homepage, and prayed to heathen gods to give me the strength not to buckle.
Much like a Cambodian farmer or an Afghan kid looking for food rations, I find myself unable to avoid blog landmines (I call them blandmines). On two separate occasions today I was unable to avoid reading blog entries.
A routine trip to the restroom this morning turned tragic as I entered the stall and noticed someone had printed out the day’s posts from Good Morning Silicon Valley. Uncontrollably I read several stories about AOL giving an “unlimited free time” package to 2,000 of its employees, and Steve Ballmer comparing Microsoft’s products to kids in a family.
Later in the afternoon, I check my email and see one of my coworkers sent me a message. This guy, who is aware of my task, sent me a blog post emailed from Google Reader. Apparently a new feature in Subversion is interesting enough to destroy my ambition and ruin my goal.
More as it develops…
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