I am on sabbatical. You might think, Gee, a person on sabbatical probably has more time and opportunity to post to her blog. And in a sense you'd be right, since my day is kind of my own.
But the truth is, these sabbatical days, I spend my day writing. After a day of writing, I'm kind of not always in the mood to sit down, and, you know, do a little more writing. What I'm in the mood for is more along the lines of, you know, drinking and staring off into space.
Over the next few months, I'm expecting to post about twice a week. So that no one has to check back and check back -- we know how annoying that is! -- I'm going to schedule my posts for Monday, 9:00 am and Thursday, 9:00 am. Now you'll know exactly when to look for more NM wisdom, and when not to bother.
See? I'm rationalizing in the bad way -- poor me! on sabbatical! no time to post! -- and in the good way -- here's my new, improved, organized, better, plan for the future! -- all at the same time.
I just googled "rationalize" to make sure I had that right, and the two relevant web definitions I found are so, I don't know, so nice:
Rationalize: to pretend that one’s desires are caused by impartial reasoning.
Rationalize: to structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results.
Somehow that "pretend" sounds a little funny and informal to me. But also cute. Hey guys! Let's play pretend! I'm going to pretend my desires are caused by impartial reasoning!
Anyway, see you all Monday morning, back here.
UPDATE: Oops, OK that's 9am EST, or 6am blog time; these "time zones," so complex!
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Shouldn't your quondam co-blogger Capt. Colossal be picking up some of the slack here?
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