The only rule is that if you start watching this video, you have to watch all of it.

This is what Thomas Friedman is like when he’s writing a column:

Can’t you see Friedman stumbling around and dancing and posing while weird, out-of-tune guitar noodling fills his office and random words flow into his mind: “The world is flat …” “Green is the new red white and blue …” “Take only what you need from it …”

Then he runs downstairs to look at his dog for some reason (2:45), then sprints back up to his office just in time to make deadline!

Speaking of which, did you see Thomas Friedman’s latest column? It’s pretty great. It makes a lot of sense and I could really, really understand what he was talking about.