The Daily Procrastinator

Greetings, procrastinators! Another beautiful Spring week has come and gone. I know you sit at your desk during the work day and wish you could be outside enjoying the season. Unfortuantly, odds are that your boss would frown upon that idea. There’s good news, though! You can access The Daily Procrastinator right there in your workspace! It’s not the same as sitting outside in the Spring weather, but it beats working…

Let’s look back at this week’s posts, one writer at a time, and make sure you didn’t miss a thing.

TallGirl led the team in posts this week. She began the week with a fond farewell to Harry Kalas, longtime voice of the Philadelphia Phillies. She continued by posting a photograph that simultaneously celebrates Easter and borderline insanity. In the following days, TallGirl posted a thought on (supposedly) discounted footwear and a stupefying bit of Octomom news. She wrapped up her week as a Procrastinator with a rumination on the effects the economic downturn is having on long-standing American businesses.

"You're going to procrastinate? In THAT outfit?"

Magnus, the Procrastinator responsible for marketing, techinical expertise, and all things geek-related, is normally pretty quiet, but he spoke up twice this week. First, he announced the iPhone-specific version of The Daily Procrastinator. A few days later, he posted a brief tutorial on the use of Real Simple Syndication (RSS) to make information bring itself to you, instead of spending your valuable time searching for it. I had no idea this service existed. It’s genius!

Finally, BigRedPoet threw his hat into the proverbial ring twice this week. First, he posted a celebration of the arrival of crawfish season and outdoor concerts in the American south. Later, BRP provided a list of five links to help the procrastinators of the world wile away a few valuable hours of work time. Click them. Trust me.

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Boys, I’ll let you in on a little secret: I love shoes.  I’ll also let you in on another little secret: there’s no better shoe than the one that’s on sale.

Yet today, I stumbled across this pair of black boots.  I love black boots.  But the fact that these are still $930 after the 55% discount… well, let’s just say that for that price, those little golden embellishments ought to be at least 18 karat gold, able to be removed and sold for scrap.

And to make them more ridiculous, they’re velvet!  If I’m going to pay close to $1,000 for a pair of boots, they’re going to have to be made from the softest buttery leather, handcrafted by a gnarled, skilled Italian shoemaker living alone in a workshop in the heart of Florence.  And possibly delivered in person by his handsome 20-something grandson.  A grandson who will speak adoringly in Italian, will cook me a spectacular bolognese sauce and will leave the recipe here when he flies back to his homeland.  

Nah, I still wouldn’t pay that much.