Another wonderful gift that I received, from Jonathan Hibbard, was the book Gerald McBoing Boing by Dr. Seuss.  Apparently he believes that I march to the beat of a different drummer.  Moi?  Say it ain't so Joe, say it ain't so.

I also devoted some time to my consolation prize of searching for a mattress for Sam.  "Johnny, what do we have as some lovely parting gifts for our second place contestant?"  "Thanks Bob.  Bruce Weinberg, for being outmaneuvered by your wife in the quest for buying two beds for two boys, you will get a twin size mattress delivered to your house by the end of  Thursday (tomorrow).  But wait, that's not all.  While figuring out how to do this, you will get to continue to finalize your grading, update your website, do some research, talk to the media about the Internet, meet a friend for lunch, prepare to make a presentation at Simmons College Graduate School of Management, get a fire escape inspected, play with your children, show affection and caring toward your 8+ months pregnant wife, take out the trash and tidy up the house just a bit.  Congratulations."