I've been staring out the window for the past eleven minutes, watching the construction workers across the street, and listening to the finches nesting on my balcony, all of it an exercise in avoiding this morning's responsibility, which is: writing a paragraph about myself for the company newsletter. I've procrastinated for several weeks now, and the deadline is today.

The subject of the article is meant to be me and my "talents." The request was nonspecific as far as the talents, so the door is wide open to whichever talents I feel my coworkers would enjoy to hear about.

Quick: I need something to tell them. Help me out?

Star of the day. . .billy pilgrim