Fan Mail

Advantages of your company-wide email server going down for an entire day:

1. No threat of receiving the authoritative "let's discuss" emails that result in putting any and all tasks on hold.
2. Extended periods of uniterruption result in higher levels of productivity
3. An opportunity to blog
4. Having a viable reason for why I didn't send the email I was supposed to send to a group of co-workers

Disadvantages:

1. Signing in to a website to temporarily view email and upon having zero messages, hearing the IT guy laugh and say "that's how important you are to the outside world!"

The Secret

The Secret is out.  If you haven't read this book yet, I recommend you do so immediately.  As someone who initially resisted reading this book, I can honestly say that I am only disappointed I didn't read it sooner.  If you want to improve your overall outlook on life and be in control of the things that happen to you, it's a must read.  Beware: if you use the phrase "thoughts become things" too often, your co-workers may become extremely annoyed.