I hate calling strangers on the phone. Like really, really hate it. Even if it is for something important, like calling the bank or my insurance agent or the guys who are going to come give me estimates on various house-related projects, the time it takes me to psych myself up to do it is all out of proportion to the time it takes to actually do it ( Read more... )

Sometime last week, I got linked to this essay on procrastination, which I found interesting. (My Netflix queue is not quite like the one described in the opening of the essay, but the difference is, I think, one of degree rather than kind.) The analysis seems to me pretty spot-on, especially this line:
You run out of time to get things done ( Read more... )

I haven't done one of these in ages, so hey, why not. Grabbed from sdwolfpup:

( Questions and answers under the cut )

More from the Giant Backlog Of Stuff To Post...

When I started watching Friday Night Lights last November, I discovered almost immediately that the show pushes buttons I didn't know I still had. What follows is only tangentially about the show (though there are some S2 spoilers) and much more about my relationship with the show.

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I asked kassrachel to interview me, since I've never done the interview meme before and I trusted her to ask thoughtful questions, which of course she did; and so I pass the meme along to anyone who's interested.

Here's how it works:1. If you want to be interviewed, leave a comment here ( Read more... )

sdwolfpup and boniblithe have been posting in the last few days about reaching LJ milestones; out of curiosity, I checked my own stats, and discovered that today is the fourth anniversary of my first LJ post ( Read more... )

I did this meme last year; when I rediscovered the post last week, it occurred to me that it might help me put 2005 in perspective as well. So here we go...

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Because I'm stuck at the office between meetings. Swiped from tzikeh.

( wrath, sloth, gluttony, lust, greed, pride, envy )

A while back, truepenny and Mirrorthaw and I were talking about books over dinner (...yeah, there's a surprise) and Mirrorthaw brought up the notion of one's own Ten Most Important Books. Not favorite books, or best books, but the most important. Truepenny pointed out that such a list requires not only picking the most important books but deciding what " ( Read more... )

...and I don't feel any different.

Well, except for this cough that won't quit. I've been down with a foul chest cold since about 12 hours after arriving on renenet's doorstep. She's taken very good care of me. She even called truepenny to get my recipe for chicken soup, in the course of which conversation the following exchange occurred:

renenet: She says her ( Read more... )