Some may have noticed a blogging slowdown over the past week or so. Yes, I’ve been a bit behind the 8-ball. As it happens, I’ve come up for air (and blogging) and I thought I’d offer up the kind of Thursday 13 one offers from the eye of the hurricane:
Thursday 13:Ways ItCould Be Worse
1.You could be out of coffee. (Statistically, 37% of you agree that thisbelongs at #1. The other 63% don’t drink coffee.)
2. Someone could have fastened allthe paper clips into a gigantic looping chain connected four ways every fifth clip. And you could need to use one.
3. The cat could have the stomach flu.
4. And be locked in your bedroom by mistake.
5. Your four year-old son could decide to help you with the extra work you brought home. In purple crayon. On every page of the document you spent a week drafting. (Experience? Is that you?)
6. Have you ever tried to get half-flushed silly putty out of the toilet? (Don’t ask. You don’t want to know.)
8. Iron Chef America could pick you to judge “Battle Snail Guts” (And yes, I’ll be livebloggingthe showagain starting this week, though whether I’ll opt for the Saturday rerun or the Sunday show is still open for discussion).
9. You could still be doing all this in the absence of the LORD. (Yes, that belongs higher. No, I’m not redrafting the list at this point.)
10. Confused bees could make a hive in the dropped ceiling over your office and start flying in through the ventilation and lighting system. (Been there. Buzzed that.)
11. The state could decide you are dead and refuse to accept your sworn declaration to the contrary because they don’t accept the word of a dead man.
12. You could get to item #12 on your Thursday 13, only to discoveryou accidentally left out the number 7.
13. You could spend the rest of the evening wondering whether I really forgot #7 or whether I left it out on purpose in order to use that item #12.
Linked to the Thursday 13 “Reasons to Upgrade” at third world county and the Thursday 13 Hub.
Trackposted to The HILL Chronicles, Dumb Ox Daily News, basil’s blog, and Pursuing Holiness, thanks to Linkfest Haven Deluxe.
Slow getting here this past week.
This is a good list. I always figure, no matter how bad it seems to us, there has to be something worse out there. I would not want to be in the position of #11. And, I’ve also been in the position where I left out a particular number in a series, and people asked me why. I had no idea how or why I missed using that particular number, unless I made a correction and accidentally deleted that number
Comment by Barb — February 18, 2007 @ 6:18 pm
Thanks, Barb.
There’s definitely always something worse – something I find it helpful to remember on days like the one I had Thursday. And it’s definitely good not to be in #11 – though apparently in some places that presents no obstacle to your ability to vote for elected officials, so one can say “I’m dead, but at least I’m not disenfranchised!”
Comment by Random Yak — February 19, 2007 @ 1:14 pm