Like I Have Time For That

Today (March 22) is International Goof-Off Day.  Like I have time for that.  Minions, you can goof-off on your own time.  Meanwhile, get back to work.  The library doesn't run itself.

I suspect what "goofing off" is intended to accomplish is a change in perspective.  We should learn to relax and enjoy whatever we're doing, at work or at play.  "Goofing off" gives you a moment to pause and reflect upon larger universal truths, like supper on time and in-between meal treats, comfortable napping accommodations, and sun patches.  "Don't take yourselves so seriously" is today's message.

Even so, MPL staff do not--repeat, not--have a free hall pass for today's workload.  If you don't do it now, it won't get done.  Simple as that.  So do it.

I can boss everybody around because, like Tober the Library Cat (at Thorntown [Indiana] Public Library), I'm Top Cat around my Library, and Boss Lady is conveniently away at an important conference.  So, minions, make it so.  And then get moi an afternoon snack.

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Cauli Le Chat

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P.S.  There are two great rock songs about goofing off.  "Daydream," by the Lovin' Spoonful, was a hit single, and, in terms of albums, it first appeared on the group's LP by the same title (1966).

P.P.S.  The other great "goofing-off" tune is "Takin' Care of Business," by Bachman-Turner Overdrive, which appeared on the album Bachman-Turner Overdrive II (1973).  Randy Bachman originally developed the concept for this song when he was still a member of the group The Guess Who.