Memo to self

To: Self
Re: Working on plotting while at work
CC: Ego, id

Dear Self

While I'm as excited as you are that you managed to 'zone out' this lunchtime and as a result suddenly had an idea which now seems so obvious, you can't figure out why you didn't think of it before... I also need to caution you about working on plotting documents while at work.

While it's a great idea to get ideas down while they're 'hot', it raises issues, starting with the sense of creeping paranoia we experience whenever anyone comes within ten feet of our screen. Of slightly more concern is the fact that said plotting in this case summoned up mental images that caused sustained and undeniable arousal, preventing you from actually going anywhere or doing anything except sitting at your desk until you'd thought about cricket for a while.

On a final note, writing blog entries about plotting at work, while in fact you're still at work, is arguably not the smartest way to remind yourself of this maxim.

Yours helpfully,

Me