Midnight Oil Burner Gifts

"No need to rush. Take all weekend if you must."

Crumpled pieces of paper form the shape of a Christmas tree.

Nose to the grindstone.

Tired - Stressed - Tired.

'Jane it's come to my attention how many hours you've been spending in the office...'

'Working from home again, Jerry?'

'He's been working on this around the clock for weeks. Not a happy camper.'

Working Late

'We're looking for people who like to take work home.'

Long day at the office

Counting ribs

Caught in the Music

Bob woke up in a pile of notes, some scrawled so quickly that no one could decode them. He remembered nothing of the night before, except... yes, a fleeting glimpse of the writer's moon.

"What the heck did I do with that leftover turkey?!"

''Romantic'? No -- but it makes me feel like having a CROISSANT!'

"Do you want the last piece, or can I have it?"

"It's the kind of trade you get in a twenty-four-hour-a-day joint."

'I knew I needed help when I started going to fast food places only at night so I wouldn't have to share with sea gulls.'

The downside of the cupcake bed.

Bedside Manna.

'This fridge is fitted with CCTV.'

'I woke up in February, and couldn't get back to sleep, so I got up, killed and ate a moose.'

"Congratulations! For checking the fridge 30 times in under an hour, you've won something that you actually want to eat!"

"People are inherently complicated, and if you eat it late enough at night, cereal can be dinner and breakfast!"

Fuels paradise.

Unbeknown to other, Thoreau would sometimes, in the middle of the night, sneak out for a few odds and ends.

'You were up four times last night.'

"You're home, dear. We don't have room service."

"Charles! Enough with the mulch!"

"Late night snack? No, I...I was just checking expiration dates, dear!"

"I was just... uh... looking for the low-fat yogurt."

Al, do you ever go back in time and try to pinpoint moments when you made bad life choices? Actually, after an episode of gastric distress this morning, I journeyed back in time to last night. I pinpointed midnight as the moment, and I pinpointed pizza as a bad life choice.

Diet Enforcer

The Cat that Ate the Canary, 3 a.m.

"If you're as smart a refrigerator as they say you are, you'll keep your mouth shut about this."