So it turns out that everyone wants to be a writer. I was recently informed that everyone and their mom has a blog, and therefore blogs are lame. Also, Gene Weingarten's polls reveal that most people would choose to be a writer if they could make their current salary doing it. Of course, you should question the scientific validity of a poll answered by people who read the musings of a deranged humor columnist for fun. For example, I know plenty of well-adjusted techies who spend their free hours reading tech blogs. And they are perfectly happy with their day jobs.

Haha, I kid. No, of course, like all techies, they are completely miserable, and spend all their waking hours (that are not taken up by working and reading tech blogs) dreaming up schemes of how to continue doing exactly what they are doing now somewhere else.

Along a similar vein, it turns out that Julia Roberts dreams of being a housewife, housewives dream of being Julia Roberts, a corporate drone dreams of being a writer, and writers dream of steady employment.

I would say there’s no hope for humanity, but I’m trying this whole staying positive thing. So instead, let’s all congratulate Julia Roberts. She’s had a rough run, but I believe that if she really tries, she can achieve her ambitious dream of being a housewife.