DAY 12 - THE SOUND OF MUSIC

I'd probably veto Julie Andrews (and anything with 'adagio' in it), but music is a definite godsend at the ol' 9-to-5.  Come to think of it, the essential CAD monkey soundtrack would sound suspiciously like 'Xtreme Cardio Mix' and/or 'The Best of Dancehall Anthems'.  I'd even reserve some iPod space for Top 40s--anything to rev the heart rate & stave off droopy eyelids.  Believe you me: there's nothing like powering through street profiles to some Gaga or MJ.

Tap your feet, get some headbob going, maybe even throw in a mini headbang or some baby air-guitar.  But I'd draw the line at belting it all out karaoke/Idol style--save it for the shower.

DAY 11 - WELCOME TO WEBEX!

One of the best things since sliced bread has gotta be the mute button on phones, closely followed by the headset.  Whenever I'm stuck on an inane 15-oh-i-mean-120-minute conference call that has wayyy too many cooks in the kitchen with big heads & no brain, I no longer need to fumble around for a rusty fork to stab myself with...nope, I just push that lovely little button, and poof!  Let the f-bombs fly.

DAY 10 - LONELY GOATHERD?

Year of the Goat might not be for another 5 years, but the bearded little furballs always have a steady presence in the Bay Area.  There's the annual Goat Festival at the Ferry Building (though that's more a celebration of consuming things made out of goats), there's Goat Hill Pizza (again, not so much about the animal than about delicious food only sort of connected to goats), Goat Rock Beach (of Goonies fame!!--lots of big rocks, but no goats), and most importantly....goat rentals (finally, some goats)!!

And why would you ever want to rent goats...? (hey now, there are children here!)  You wouldn't know it from watching them frolicking and eating all day long, but turns out all that frolicking and eating does a doozy on pesky weeds and unsightly overgrown vegetation.  You got it--goats are the new "it" item in green technology for land management.  No need for invasive machinery, chemical pesticides, waterway pollution, or excessive soil disturbance...just feed some goats!