Dear Diary: Modesty should inhibit me from bragging. But, what the hell, if you've got talent, flaunt it. I have hatched a brilliant plan to distract the masses from the latest disappointing employment figures. I'm attributing it all to the sequester – and so ultimately blaming the Republicans. Combine that with some co-operative mainstream media hype about the North Koreans moving missiles and you have a perfect recipe for evading public indignation about jobs. And there's always gun control and gay marriage to add to the mix if jobs threaten to take center stage. Dudes, there are times when I am so pleased with my ingenuity that I could hug myself. In fact I'm doing that right now. Oops... I should have shut the door. "Michelle, what do you mean... what am I doing? No... I'm not fantasizing a clinch with California Attorney General Kamala Harris. I'm just embracing myself. So you can put that bust of George Washington back on the table." But enough about me.