OK, fun from work--and I have permission to reprint the fun part.

A friend sent me an ESPN.com blog item about football and I noticed that the author, Bill Simmons, lets his wife post a few words as part of the larger post. You can read her hilarious rant here. It's essentially a colorful look at the inner life of a pregnant woman, short-tempered and impatiently waiting for the big day. I shared the bit with my teammates at work, commenting that our teammate who is similarly pregnant is more even-tempered than that! My colleague responded with an even funnier rant than the one I shared. With her permission, I now pass it to you. Enjoy!

Are you serious?

Here's my list, and it's just from this morning:

• Sorry to the 5 cars that I cut off this morning on the way to work who were driving 54 in a 55 MPH zone. I was in a hurry.
• Sorry to the guy in front of me in the drive thru at Starbucks who didn't pull up far enough because he was afraid to get his Lexus SUV too close to the car in front of him... I couldn't pull up to order without getting within 2.5 inches from his back bumper. I was in a hurry.
• Sorry to my 2 year old who told me to go away when I tried to wake her up to get her in the shower. Mommy shouldn't have said "you have to get up every day of your life, get used to it!!!!" I was in a hurry.
• Sorry to the organizers of the last 5 meetings that I've replied "tentative" to - just because. I'm being proactive because I could go out on maternity leave any minute now. I'm in a hurry.
• Sorry to my boss, who's reading this and wondering how it is that I have time to just write inane emails. I'll get back to work right now. I'll hurry!

CDs listened to today:

• Dafnis Prieto: Absolute Quintet
• Elliott Carter: The Minotaur
• Bill Frisell with Dave Holland and Elvin Jones: (eponymous)
• Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Symphony No. 2, "Cello"
• Jean Francaix: Wind Quintet No. 1
• Matias Aguayo: Are You Really Lost
• Jawbox: For Your Own Special Sweetheart
• William Schuman: Symphony No. 9