Wait. I sound like I want you to deliberately click on advertising links or something that would bring me giant pools of money. What I mean is that sometimes in our constant journey through the internet, the odd left turn can be a very good thing.

There are entire sites devoted to sudden left turns, most notably or at least most famously StumbleUpon.com which has nothing but new links and at most a gentle hand on the tiller to steer you in directions you might like.

But today I was going to meet someone and as I read her blog, I found she's in to productivity and had what sounded like a great link to a David Allen Getting Things Done video. Except when I tapped on it, I didn't notice that I'd actually tapped on the next link down. No connection to productivity, no connection to the woman I was going to meet, just something she had found and liked. Something I had not heard about. So while it took me a moment to realise this wasn't David Allen, I am so glad that I found it:

Jill Bolte Taylor got a research opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: she had a massive stroke, and watched as her brain functions — motion, speech, self-awareness — shut down one by one. An astonishing story.
Jill Bolte Taylor's Powerful Stroke of Insight – TED talks

I should go back and get you the David Allen link too but, ah, Bolte Taylor is more interesting.