Checklist

This side of eternity, all good things end eventually, so it was inevitable that I returned to work today.

-- Review three weeks' worth of email: check
-- Delete approximately 85% with no notable repercussions: check
-- Shake head at decisions made during absence: check
-- Realize outcome would have been same even if present to weigh in: check
(note: a realistic view of one's ability to shape events is healthy... see the Serenity Prayer)

And thus, the Matrix closes in yet again. Only this time Neo has a recent memory of being unplugged to draw on.