It’s a Thursday. Pigs are flying, Google is down

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I don’t think I’ve ever had an issue with Google. Not Search, not Maps, not Blogger, not YouTube, not even Apps. I mean, in terms of web services, this is one of the gold standard companies in terms of my experience and I dare say the trillions of web hits that Google services daily. But today, in my rush to log in for my company’s weekly meetings, I encountered this “sad” message:

To be honest, I thought it was a joke. I refreshed over and over and over again. Yet, I’m not disappointed in Google, just a little frustrated because I couldn’t view an important spreadsheet. I think it’s yet another sign of how dependent I’ve become on various and assorted web tools! That and how spreadsheet nerdy I can get on a Thursday afternoon.

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