Dear Brain,

Why are you so easily distracted? I intentionally left Lappy at home so we couldn’t play internet and get some work done. But you, you devious lump of gray matter between my ears, you figured out that there was *another* computer here in the lab which can internet. And facebook. And blog.

I even brought you our current knitting project, so we could pretend to be productive, while waiting for the Southern probe to label. And yes, you did humor me for a while and let me knit for half an hour, but then we were back on internet before I even knew what was happening. But know I know your trick, Brain. I’m wise to you. “Let’s just check our email,” indeed.

A.

PS: Dear Focus, as I know you’re reading this with Brain, let’s get it in gear, eh? You know we’ve got that meeting with Dr. Flanegan Wednesday, and I think that all three of us (you, me, and Brain) can agree that we’d like to have something useful to present to him then. So chop chop! And hop to! And some other obscure, unused motivational phrase from thirty years ago!