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Slacking is Easier Than Ever

My productivity is shit.
Nothing rubs that in like some of the profiles Duane Swierczynski ran on his Secret Dead Blog under the header Legends of the Underwood. Richard Bachman (Stephen King), Richard Matheson, Gil Brewer… these guys wrote novels in three days.
On typewriters.
Now that’s dedication to the craft. Here I am with an $1800 laptop, [...]

Year of the To-Do List

About a month ago, I started putting together a to-do list at work. It sits neatly on my Palm and became a good reminder of all the little crap I needed to do when I finished a major product and couldn’t remember what I should be doing next. It also goes a long way to [...]

Fits and Starts

It seems like that’s the way everything’s coming these days.
In the fitness routine, my weight’s been stable for a month or so. Suddenly I’m seeing a drop again, and I finally lost another five pounds to meet last month’s goal (missed it by a day). It’s gone the same way since May: I’d shed a [...]