TGIF!

That acronym above has become near and dear to most of our hearts. It even merits its own restaurant chain, like a little gold star pasted on it's metaphoric forehead...

I wonder when it was first uttered and in what context? I'm guessing not by any Christian before the Reformation unless they really, really liked cod. It's probably an American invention sometime after the five day workweek finally caught on here, at least in urban centers. To all of you in service industries and agriculture, yes, I'm afraid it's true. Some people don't work weekends. DO NOT tell your boss I told you this. I don't need the angry phone calls, especially on not Saturday.

Personally, I'm a big fan of Monday mornings, because no one expects anyone to get anything done. Generally, everyone is happy if you just make it to work in reasonable proximity to "on time". Even a reasonable proximity to "at work" works most places. If you can make the parking lot, you're good to go. If the work week started at 11AM on Mondays, I'd bet just as much would get done, and there'd be fewer errors. Remember the car industry adage that one should never buy a car built on Monday? The same probably holds true for Friday afternoons, come to think of it.

In closing, I find it amusing that we thank God for a day named for a Norse fertility goddess and on which probably 70-80% of all commandment breaking is done. Thank Freya/Frig it's Friday and have a great weekend! If you get those, of course...