(This is actually what I was excited about yesterday. Just play along.)

So, this morning I checked my work e-mail from home, just like I do every morning, to make sure I'm not, like, fired or anything. Because if I am, no sense in showing up to work! I'm just trying to save everyone some trouble here.

Anyway, I scrolled through my inbox and saw that I didn't have any messages informing me that the meager contents of my cubicle were sitting in a cardboard box on South Higuera Street. What a relief! I did, however, have an e-mail that said California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger would be in The Tribune's building at 11 a.m.

Arnold Schwarzenegger? At my office?! I looked at my computer clock — it was 11:34. I was missing it!