Relative Something

Random statistical snapshot of the day…

Percent of holiday shopping achieved online so far this year: 100
Percent of orders placed for people other than myself: not entirely 100
Number of times I was able to think about only one thing at a time at work yesterday: 0
Number of winter storm forecasts watched on television in the last 2 days: 0
Number of thoughts that just occurred to me that do not fit well with the idea of this list: 1, this one… I have noticed that a certain program on the CBS television network that airs on Sunday mornings has been doing a little feature about numbers that isn’t all that different from what I was compiling a second ago, before I had this thought that interrupted the whole list with a thought… anyway, somewhere in this list they do, they have been sure to feature the #1 television show of the week, a CBS show! Imagine that! The cynic in me found it hard not to believe that the whole reason they chose to do a list was so they could flaunt their good fortune of having the #1 show. That wasn’t proved entirely wrong by the fact that, this weekend their show was no longer the #1 and they actually gave credit to a competing network program, quickly followed by mention of the CBS hit show now in 2nd place. It’s like a news program carrying a story about something that happens on a reality show on their network. Is that news? Or is that advertising?
Number of nights my liver was allowed all the healing time it deserved in the past week: 0
Time in the afternoon when my eyes most want to close for a nap: 2:00
Number of emails warning me of irregular credit card activity yesterday: 1
Number of transactions that weren’t something I had done: 0
Number of minutes between emails confirming my order placed and that very item had now been shipped: 26
Volume and size of orders hitting my workplace lately: so many I can’t keep count
Number of former employees who called out of the blue to see if we might have any work he could do: 1
Number of times good things seem to happen when you invite and allow such: more than I can count