I was trying to think of something to write today. I wanted it to be interesting. I wanted it to be relevant and thought-provoking. I wanted to make anyone who reads it to laugh. Or snort soda out their nose, I’m not picky.
Unfortunately, a great deal of my brain is off doing other stuff right now. I guess you could say that my mind wanders sometimes. Well, OK. “Wanders” is probably not completely accurate. In all actuality, it pongs around like a ferret on crack. Topic to topic to topic. And some of them only minimally related.

For example, I’ll start off thinking about…say, the bailout.
Seven hundred billion dollars.
Seven HUNDRED billion dollars.
SEVEN hundred billion DOLLARS.
Seven hundred beeeeeeeeeeeelyun dollars.
Beeeeeeeeelyun.
*pinkie finger travels as if by magic to corner of lip*
And sharks! With frickin’ laser beams!
Laser beams? Like that dumb-ass, poorly researched Dean Koontz thing?
Hey…weren’t there Orbiting Mind-Control Laser Platforms in that?
Uh, no. That was in that game by Steve Jackson called…Um. Caaaaallled…?
Ca-caw! Ca-caw! Caaaalled. No hurry. Just sing it. Heathrow airport.*
Oh, yeah. Illuminati
Why haven’t we played that in a while? Why’s that?
RuM!**

And so on. It can be terribly distracting. Especially if you are trying to write something relevant and thought-provoking. Or worse, relevant, thought-provoking, and *due* at 7:03 PM. In tonight’s class. Sociology class. Full of social meaning. And a really cold AC.
Hmmmmm, I wonder if penguins could survive in there?

* – bonus points for getting the reference there
** – because SJ games *require* alcohol