1. Keeping up with the Joneses is futile. No matter how much I tell myself I know this, a part of my mind tries to convince myself it’s possible.
2. I’m seriously thinking that If I own anything over the value of $500, and I’m not using it, I should sell it. You might think that this is common sense. In the same vain as the point above, my mind would like to tell me otherwise. I’m going to set myself an ultimatum to make this happen!
3. A good kitchen knife is underrated. For the first time in my life, I cut an onion without crying. That’s what a good kitchen knife does for you.

What is it that you want in order to keep up with the Joneses?

1. Garlic bread has to be one of the tastiest foods known to man. There are many different variations one can include (cheese, mixed herbs, etc). However you prefer it, it’s certainly one of those moreish foods.
2. I wish I had a personal assistant. That’s a sentiment I’ve shared with many of you before, but today I had a brainwave: If I had a personal assistant, I’d have to think about how I streamlined my workflow on different things, in order to make best use of having a PA in the first place (otherwise they’d sit around doing nothing all day). That led me to: If I just streamlined my workflow in this way, maybe I won’t need a PA because I’ll be more efficient? Now I just have to figure out how to do that streamlining…
3. Great thoughts don’t always come in groups of three, although that would be convenient.

If you could have a PA, what would they do for you?

1. In books and movies, it’s not uncommon to see people riding/driving/sailing off into the sunset at the end. But if you’ve ever driven facing the setting sun, you’ll know how annoying it is; you can’t see a thing! Perhaps they have really good sunglasses?
2. There are some things that can’t be very good when had from a vending machine. I’m willing to bet that pizza is one of them.
3. It’s time for me to get a haircut again. I often wish that I could ‘freeze’ my hair in place after I’ve had it cut, so that I didn’t need to get it cut again. On the upside, I do find getting a haircut somewhat relaxing.

1. Our pantry has a light that comes on when you open the door. I think whoever came up with the idea of a pantry light had the midnight-snack in mind. I often have a midnight-snack in mind.
2. The more time I spend driving in Auckland, the more impatient I find myself becoming. Or at least that’s my excuse.
3. Can anyone convince me to use twitter? I really don’t see how it would benefit me (I can see how it’s useful to some people). Here’s a funny-yet-semi-serious video about twitter.

Three thoughts for Thursday:

1. I do my best work late at night, when I should be asleep.
2. I’m thinking of starting a recipe blog. It will be updated at least half as much as this one.
3. The spam count in my email was at 1930 just now. I hope nothing important got put in there accidentally (it’s gone now!).

(Seriously interested to know what you think about the recipe blog idea).