What day is it again?

[sawyl]

Another absent minded professor story from my pater: he went along to his usual Tuesday afternoon seminar, chatted to his friends beforehand, then sat through an interminable ramble on something that radically at odds with his expectations. Somewhat puzzled, he returned to his office to check his calendar only to discover that it was Wednesday, not Tuesday, and that he was actually supposed to be teaching his PhD students. He sprinted over to join his students and found them quietly getting on with the work he'd assigned to them, rendering his role as mentor completely superfluous.

Bad though this sounds, he's not the only one to do it. Last week, I struggled in to work with my laptop, absolutely convinced I had a meeting to attend, only to discover that I'd got the right day but that I was two weeks off with the date. Fool.