Multitasking

So here's what my desk looked like for much of yesterday afternoon and evening as I ran matlab, caught up on blogs, and worked on reviewer's comments all at the same time. Then this morning I was reminded (by Time magazine) how bad for your brain and your productivity excessive multitasking can be. Oh well. Do you think anyone would notice if I worked on the baby quilt while I sat in a defense?

BTW, I'm loving hearing everyone's tea preferences. There's a few in there that I'll definitely have to try.