Feeling the stress of not finishing work but needing to head to an annoying holiday function, I responded by going surfing. And look what I came across: an excuse generator. Tell it stuff about the function you wanna duck, and it’ll write and even send the note for you. Now that I’ve blown off that party, I’m free to get back to my surfing and find something that will take care of my work just as easily.
This article appears in Dec 7-13, 2006.
