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diff --git a/scripts/notes/info_overload_report.sh b/scripts/notes/info_overload_report.sh
index 279a49b6..7dbd4fe8 100644
--- a/scripts/notes/info_overload_report.sh
+++ b/scripts/notes/info_overload_report.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ REPORT_FILE="$HOME/cloud/overload_history.txt"
 function calculate_depth()
 {
   local dir="$1"; shift
-  find "$dir" -type f -exec echo \"{}\" ';' |  grep -v "\.svn" | grep -v "\.git"| grep -v "\.basket" | grep -v "\.version" | grep -v "\.keep" | wc -l | tr -d ' '
+  depth=$(find "$dir" -type f -exec echo \"{}\" ';' 2>/dev/null |  grep -v "\.svn" | grep -v "\.git"| grep -v "\.basket" | grep -v "\.version" | grep -v "\.keep" | wc -l | tr -d ' ')
+  if [ -z "$depth" ]; then echo 0; else echo "$depth"; fi
 }
 
 # calculates the size in kilobytes of all the note files in a hierarchy.
@@ -18,7 +19,8 @@ function calculate_depth()
 function calculate_weight()
 {
   local dir="$1"; shift
-  find "$dir" -type f -exec echo \"{}\" ';' |  grep -v "\.svn" | grep -v "\.git"| grep -v "\.basket" | grep -v "\.version" | grep -v "\.keep" | xargs ls -al | awk '{ print $5 }' | paste -sd+ | bc
+  weight=$(find "$dir" -type f -exec echo \"{}\" ';' 2>/dev/null | grep -v "\.svn" | grep -v "\.git"| grep -v "\.basket" | grep -v "\.version" | grep -v "\.keep" | xargs ls -al | awk '{ print $5 }' | paste -sd+ | bc 2>/dev/null)
+  if [ -z "$weight" ]; then echo 0; else echo "$weight"; fi
 }
 
 # produces a report line in our format.
@@ -80,6 +82,7 @@ Current information overload consists of:\n\
 # notes are individual files of tasks, usually, although some are combined.
 analyze_hierarchy_and_report ~/cloud/grunty_notes "grunty notes"
 
+####
 #hmmm: make an html todo scanning function from this.
 # scan web documents for to-do lists.  individual items are marked with <li>.
 # we do this one a bit differently since we have different criteria for html to-do items.
@@ -88,25 +91,29 @@ total_overload=$(($html_item_depth + $total_overload))
 html_item_weight=$(find ~/cloud/grunty_notes/ -type f -iname "*.html" -exec grep "<li" "{}" ';' | wc -c | tr -d ' ')
 total_weight=$(($total_weight + $html_item_weight))
 full_report+="$(format_report_line "$html_item_depth" "$html_item_weight" "to-do notes in html")"
+####
 
-# is that things that are intended are not always followed up on right away.  this catches us
-# being too hopeful and makes sure nothing seems to be getting done that's lagging.
+# scan all the items declared as active projects.
 analyze_by_dir_patterns "active items" ~/cloud/*active*
 
 # scan across all appropriately named project or research folders that live in the "cloud".
 analyze_by_dir_patterns "project files" ~/cloud/*project* ~/cloud/*research*
 
+# scan all the trivial project folders.
+analyze_by_dir_patterns "trivial items" ~/cloud/*trivia*
+
 # source examples need to be sucked into other places, other codebases.  they are not
 # supposed to pile up here.
 analyze_hierarchy_and_report ~/cloud/example_source "source examples"
 
-# also snag the files labelled as trivia, since they're still to-dos...
-analyze_by_dir_patterns "trivial notes" ~/cloud/*trivia*
-
 # and then count up the things that we think will be cleaned soon, but one thing we have learned
 # unsorted files haven't been categorized yet.
 analyze_hierarchy_and_report ~/cloud/unsorted "unsorted files"
 
+# we now consider the backlog of things to read to be a relevant fact.  this is going to hose
+# up our weight accounting considerably.
+analyze_hierarchy_and_report ~/cloud/reading "reading list"
+
 full_report+="\n\
   =====================================\n\
 "