For a change, let’s talk about sleep. After all, it’s not like I have a life or anything.

Got some of that super intense deep down sleep I needed today, which was a relief after a few days of pretty lousy sleep. I might still need more, I am not sure. But it feels good to have that part of my mind relax for a while.

I am seriously considering going a week without caffeine, to see if that straightens out my sleep schedule some. I don’t drink that much diet cola on a per week basis, but I do tend to drink it when I go out to eat and sometimes I have it with my nightly snack, which is particularly ill advised seeing as that is when I take my sleeping pill too.

Kind of silly to take a sleeping pill and a stimulant at the same time! No wonder it has not been working out. So at the very least, that has got to stop.

But I think I will go a week without diet cola or anything else caffeinated and see what happens. I know I will miss it. I like cola as much as the next person. And if I am eating out, it will leave me with no soft drink options, because virtually no restaurants have something both sugar and caffeine free.

When you think about it, that is kind of fucked up. Both sugar and caffeine are somewhat bad for you. It seems messed up that you have to pick one or the other if you want soda.

And what else are you going to get. Coffee? Tea? Both have the caff. And fruit juices are expensive and they do not come with free refills.

I was happy when McDonalds added fruit smoothies, because I love those, but to get one with your Extra Value Meal costs an additional two bucks, so that ain’t gonna happen too often.

Not with my tiny and beleaguered budget.

Speaking of me and money, I have been pondering joining up for this place : TaskRabbit.

The idea is that people post a task they want done, and the lowest bidder gets the contract, so to speak. So I might post “I want someone to go get my groceries” and the person who will do it for the least money gets the job. They do it, I pay them via PayPal, and everyone is happy.

So if I sign up as a “Task Rabbit” (squee!), I could do small odd jobs for people and make some extra cash, which would be great. It would be low commitment employment, which is about what I can handle, and it would let me earn income, which would do wonders for both my self-worth and my pocketbook.

But I am not going to rush into this business blindly. I am going to check this place out thoroughly and look at it from all the angles before I get myself into anything.

For starters, I will check to see what kind of a reputation they have. Plus, they say all their Task Rabbits have been background checked, and last I heard background checks are expensive, and it seems unlikely that their business model is so successful that they can afford to pay for one for every schmuck who comes in off the Internet.

So that sounds suspiciously like they might expect me to pay for it, and I absolutely refuse to pay people to get a job. That is way too scammy for me. The incentives run entirely the wrong way. It would be very easy to take advantage of people who are desperate for work by promising to hook them up with odd jobs “for a nominal fee”.

You know, “just as a sign of good faith. ”

And after that, well, why bother doing anything else? It would only cut into profits. Just tell everyone “oops, seems like we could not find a job for you, sorry! By the way, that fee was non-refundable!” and wait for the dollars to roll in.

So no, I will not be a Task Rabbit if they want some lettuce up front, even if I could afford it.

In other news, came across this bit of fannish humour for us fans of both Simon and Garfunkel and the latest Battlestar Galactica series.

Funny stuff, but I think you have to know both the series and the original song quite well to get it. I know the song very well, it is in my mp3 collection and it is one of my faves by S&G, although I think it is not quite as deep as it thinks it is.

And I must nitpick the lyrics of this parody somewhat. (Seriously. I can’t help myself.) There are a bunch of cases where they don’t scan, and there is really no excuse. Seeing as the lyrics seem otherwise well thought out, I have to wonder if it was deliberate, as a joke.

If so, not funny. Just irritating.

But still, the lyrics match the original in a very clever and pleasing way to me, which is why I am sharing this bit of content with you nice people here today.

Oh, and one last thing : Canada is the best place to raise a child in the world.

Yup, yet another international organization has recognized how awesome Canada is, this time in how great a place it is to raise a kid.

Of course, your individual results may very. I had a pretty bad childhood, and it was entirely in Canada. Not that any of that was Canada’s fault, but still.

Had to get that on record.

Still, always nice to see Canada get accolades. I think it is a pretty awesome place to live, but then again, I am biased because I have been a Canadian all my life.

The only basis for comparison that I have is my time living in the USA. And I definitely like it better here than there.

Sorry, my Yankee friends. But y’all crazy.

Seeya tomorrow, folks!