I just read that the average office worker wastes 1.7 hours a day -- much of it wandering around the Internet

So thank you for sharing some of your employer's time with me. (You think I'm exaggerating? Click here to read about the survey results. But come right back.)

And to further assist you in your frittering away this Friday, I commend to you an essay I "Stumbled" across entitled, The Unspoken Dialogue Between Men and Women.

An excerpt:

[A] thought occurs to Elaine, and, without really thinking, she says it aloud: "Do you realize that, as of tonight, we've been seeing each other for exactly six months?"

And then there is silence in the car. To Elaine, it seems like a very loud silence. She thinks to herself: Geez, I wonder if it bothers him that I said that. Maybe he's been feeling confined by our relationship; maybe he thinks I'm trying to push him into some kind of obligation that he doesn't want, or isn't sure of.

And Roger is thinking: Gosh. Six months.

And Elaine is thinking: But, hey, I'm not so sure I want this kind of relationship, either. Sometimes I wish I had a little more space, so I'd have time to think about whether I really want us to keep going the way we are, moving steadily toward . . . I mean, where are we going? Are we just going to keep seeing each other at this level of intimacy? Are we heading toward marriage? Toward children? Toward a lifetime together? Am I ready for that level of commitment? Do I really even know this person?

And Roger is thinking: . . . so that means it was . . .let's see... February when we started going out, which was right after I had the car at the dealer's, which means . . . lemme check the odometer . . . Whoa! I am way overdue for an oil change here.

I did a little additional wandering around the site where I found this essay and I also found this classic Dr. Suess meets Star Trek TNG parody. This must be 10 years old at least, but it's still quite funny.