Does that mean I get to take the day off from publishing?
Alas for me, I never wrote that into my rules. Therefore it's a Monday, I gotta publish something.
So am I just gonna phone it in?
Not entirely. For today's piece, I was going to introduce the world to #__________, which is almost certainly going to be the next big viral sensation, trust me, you're gonna love it. I tried to write the piece earlier today as we drove through northern N.M., but one of the things about zero drafts is that sometimes they have a different idea about what they want to be about than you do. So a cheerful and slightly silly and totally awesome piece about #__________ (I bet you're starting to get excited) became instead a rather introspective thousand words reflecting on my adult life, and I'm not publishing something like that on a freakin' holiday, I don't care if it is cloudy and rainy for like the 10,000th day in a row here in Boulder.
So instead I'm writing this really awesome teaser piece about #__________ and now you and your ______ and your _____ ______ have something to be excited about, so please go grill something and have another beer.