Or: why not to write daily emails late at night when you’re tired.
Here’s how it happened…
I thought I’d share “O Little Town of Bethlehem” as the body of yesterday’s Christmas Day email.
So I grabbed the lyrics from hymnary.org.
Pasted into my email.
Cool.
Then back to my web browser for a quick search on some history of the hymn.
Wrote some stuff about the author.
Cool.
Then the thought:
“Wouldn’t it be great to have a link to a modern-sounding version to share.”
I wandered off to YouTube. Clicked through a few until I found one I liked.
“That’ll work”.
Pasted the link into my email.
Cool.
Well… not quite cool.
I may kinda sorta have forgotten to mention a little wee thing…
How… after watching the whole song video…
I may have noticed a recommended video from my new favorite channel, The Charismatic Voice.
And may have clicked it.
Suddenly! Without warning…
…20 browser tabs were open with titles like “Slipknot is my new obsession!” and “Weird Al Yankovic can sing!”
“In another moment down went Alice after it, never once considering how in the world she was to get out again.” — Lewis Carroll
Fortunately…
I was saved by a bug 🪲
The little guy landed on my desk — because I left the window open and it was attracted to the light — and snapped me out of my trance.
Thank you kind bug!
(I carefully guided it back out the window)
So…
What’s today’s lesson, children?
*in unison* — “Don’t write daily email late at night when you’re tired.”
“And why not?”
*in unison* — “Because you’ll get distracted and do dumb stuff!”
Very good!
And it’s…
Happy boxing day!
Because “Boxing Day” is sorta a thing here. At least… we give it a name.
Although not sure if most of us give a greeting like that… but what the heck… it can be my thing!
For my family… it’s Christmas Day Part Two.
Yesterday was visiting my side of the family. Today we’re with Vicki’s.
So… will bid you farewell… until next email.
P.S. Full disclosure: In case you really are starting to think I’m mad as a hatter…
I didn’t actually write anything on Christmas Day. I’m on holiday when you’re reading this… and I wrote these emails a few days prior so they’d still go out to my hordes of adoring fans as expected.
Heck… I’m not THAT in love with daily email that I’d ditch my family and be tied to my laptop on Chrismas Day.
And if you ARE reading any of my emails on Christmas Day… erm… stop it!
I know they’re simply awesome… but you ARE allowed to read two in one day. I’ll let you do it… just this once.
Instead: go and eat pumpkin pie. Or something else that’s Christmassy and delicious.
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Chris Milham