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The rooster's owners stopped by last night and informed me that they were going to send it to live with some other people for the next few months, because it's so noisy.

Starting when the sky starts to lighten at 0430, it crows at an average rate of once every 16 seconds (I've timed it) and is still "any-cock-lldoodling" away when I stagger to my truck and drive to work in the morning at 0650.

So I see this as good news.

The company I work for is big into employee health and 'wellness' (I loathe the term 'wellness', it's just so glurgy) and every two weeks they have a masseuse come in for the staff. It's not free mind you, but at a dollar a minute I suppose it's still reasonable.

Massages at the office aren't my cup of tea - I come to work to work (although some folks might argue that I come to work to fritter away the day writing personal emails and reading weblogs), not to get a rubdown and listen to someone prattle on about 'wellness' and touchy-feely group activities.

I guess that all this stuff does benefit some folks...I'm thinking particularly of those who tend to use their place of employment as a substitute for a social life. But at the same time I think that all that's really accomplished is that these same folks end up with even less motivation to have a life outside of work.

When it comes to an exciting and interesting social life, I realize that I shouldn't be pointing fingers; but nevertheless, I think it's healthier to force yourself to find a balance between work and home than it is to receive all of your needs from a sole source.

Then again, maybe I'm reading too much into it. It happens when you're sleep-deprived.