it had been a productive day , sharing out muffins in the morning to his colleagues , interviewing a famous local artist with the paper 's smelly photographer ted who 'd almost got attacked by said artist 's pet 6 foot grizzly bear when he 'd bent over at an inopportune moment , handing the story in on time for the evening 's print , sorting out the backlog of emails he 'd amassed from neglect , and finally getting rid of that awful coffee stain from the edge of his computer 's monitor .