In the "about frigging time department," add the appearance of Blatant Berry Blog from LJ's John Berry. Guaranteed to get your motor running.

The other day Aaron Schmidt pointed to a great typing game called Word Shoot (although I like his name - "qwerty warriors" - better). I sent it on to Brent, who has been wanting a fun way to practice typing that doesn't involve Garfield or Mavis Beacon. Give it a whirl and compare it to how you pracitced typing in school.

Then take a break and play The Information Literacy Game from the University of North Carolina Greensboro Libraries.