All things being equal..

For the last hour I kept trying to get in the mood again.

First I spent like 25 minutes searching the internet for mp3 players, and I discovered that there is something called mp4 players?!! Actually, now I would even settle for mp1.

Then I felt like reading something witty and preferrably related to language (you know, to get me going), so I logged on to Language Log (which, thanks to the link on Billy's blog, I found to be very amusing) and just went through some posts which the log calls 'old favourites'. It was really good. One of the things I just loved was on the post called "Dave Barry, Linguist" and it goes:

Q. Please explain the correct usage of the phrase ``all things being equal.''
A. It is used to make sentences longer.
WRONG: ``Earl and myself prefer the Cheez Whiz.''
RIGHT: ``All things being equal, Earl and myself prefer the Cheez Whiz.''

How *relevant* is that? :)

And now I am listening to Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana"..

So, all things being equal, I should go back to work.

Mai