Yesterday I was in a mood.  A very bad cranky not feeling well mood.  Nothing was getting me out of this funk that I was in.  I didn't want to be near me and I was me.  Usually when I'm feeling down or that my day is lacking purpose I try to sit at my desk and learn something new mostly for fear of being outwardly cranky at someone who may or may not deserve my wrath.  I'm a freak for Wikipedia.  I LOVE that when reading an article about Richard III I can instantly click to learn about the Princes in the Tower.  I'm a closet history buff which is a recent discovery about myself.  Had I known this in college maybe I would have had a bit more focus when choosing my lifes work.  

Regardless I tend to spend my down time learning about the history of British monarchs and ancient Greece.  For that matter I now have the Wikipanion on my iPhone for the very purpose of instant gradification of knowlegde. 

Given that I've been reading and learning for the better part of the last 26 years you would think some of this knowledge has retained itself...in my head.  Nope!  The only tidbits of information I've managed to retain are no good to me on a day to day basis unless you would like me to diagram the inner workings of the cochlea or name the 6 wives of Henry VIII.