My computer at work has been locking up. Just flat-out freezing. I’ll be batting out a terribly important memo or mouse-clicking through the endless stream of e-mail when, for no reason that I’ve been able to figure out, the computer will stop responding to my key-batting and mouse-clicking, and no amount of cussing will convince it to unfreeze. The only fix that seems to work is that tried-and-true cure-all, cycling power.

Powering down and then powering up again takes several minutes. Sometimes I go fill up my water bottle, sometimes I just sit there and twiddle my thumbs. Yesterday I was just sitting there when a stupid, and therefore Tweetable, thought popped into my head and, hey! I have a new cell phone! And I’m just sitting here! And I had been working all morning without a break and therefore feeling entitled to a little play, so I got out my cell, keyed in the stupid thought, tweeted it to the whole world and slipped the phone back into my pocket. Took maybe thirty seconds and I was done before my computer even finished booting up.

Then I turned around and saw one of the staff members standing in my office door, waiting for me to stop screwing around and pay attention to, you know, work. Talk about getting caught red-handed. I guess the big bad universe just isn’t going to let me get away with anything.