Recently, I've been doing a load of networking with people from overseas. Tends to work well given my somewhat warped body clock - I naturally function best from 11am-4am (or later) so most of my mates in the UK tend to be asleep.

It's odd the impact it has. Suddenly, I find myself using words like 'kinda' and phrases like 'That is just soooo true'. Am worried that I'm turning into a Valley Girl.

Thing is, even though I'm pretty much operating on US time, I know that if I moved to the States, I'd slide into being a night person there too. There's something about working late into the night that's appealing, whereas mornings suck. And most of the brightest people I've met seem to be night people too.

Who was it that invented 9-5 as the 'normal working day' and decided anyone who didn't like this regime was wrong? May have to hunt them down and kill them. Should be easy enough to spot. They'll be the ones sleeping while the clever people are still awake.