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Tuesday, May 30, 2006

I’m going to have to stop telling the people I work with how lazy I am, because I think they’re starting to believe me. At least, nobody corrected me this time. That’s a first. Usually when I downplay my contribution to the company, I get told how impossible it would be to run things without me. I like hearing that, which is why I keep pretending to believe I’m less competent and/or less motivated than I think I really am.

Whether I’m actually lazy or not is a different question. Let’s say there are things I’d rather do than work, and it’s a pretty long list. I’ve been reading the same book for a month, for example, because there isn’t enough time, even with the days getting longer.

One thing I’ve been doing lately is letting other people take over some of the tasks that have been mine alone until now. Julie has been a big help in reducing my work load. It’s not quite to the point where I have big gaps in my daily routine. Maybe that’s the ultimate goal (and it would be if I were a true slacker), but I’m not there yet.

Dollops of clouds.

If I were as lazy as I pretend to be, I would be expending a lot of energy finding ways to get out of work. Instead, I do the opposite. Whenever the Boss suggests that I find some way of getting others to do parts of my job, I resist, with all sincerity. The fact that it’s happening anyway is just a happy circumstance which I’m not about to expend the energy to resist.

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The Giants got some good news today with the return of their first baseman, Lance Niekro, who had been hitting well until his injury two weeks ago. He returned to the lineup and hit two home runs, almost the only offense the team could muster in the 5-3 loss to the Marlins. Some say they still haven’t recovered from the emotional weekend series with the Rockies, but excuses start to play a little thin when the loss streak reaches three. Besides, tonight they were mostly done in by the bat of Miguel Cabrera, the league’s leading hitter. Cabrera had a home run and four RBIs.

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