found a way to do this. thanks to Osta for his workflow!
http://www.alfredforum.com/topic/2175-quick-jot-workflow-collect-timestamped-stacking-jots-in-a-single-text-file/
any suggestions for how to make this a prepend at the beginning of the file, rather than append at end of the file? tried the google but got hopelessly lost in ruby documentation...
thanks in advance.
e.