Musings of an Outreach Editor

Sometime in the past year I became an obsessive water drinker. During the day, I make countless trips to the water cooler (and even more countless trips to the bathroom). The other day I even struck up a conversation with a fellow at the water cooler–I had seen him there a few days in a row and “It’s nice to meet you, Frank.” Then I realized: I am a living, breathing Dilbert cartoon. I am chatting with people over a …. water cooler. Worse, filling up my cup is an exciting diversion from what I’m usually doing, staring at my computer screen. I have noticed that I’ve started leaning forward to read the computer type. What does this mean? Either my eyesight is going or I am becoming a nerd!