But the reason why I recommend the Getting Things Done book is because of one experience I had with it-- he suggests getting out a piece of paper and writing down every single outstanding task you have, personal or professional, short or long term, just everything where you think "I need to remember to do that." The night I did that my brain completely cleared. It was amazing and energizing. I felt like a fog of vague stress had lifted.

Oh, that's interesting. I wonder if that would actually work for me. I have a vague feeling it would stress me out.

I have a vague feeling it would stress me out.

Thinking about it right now vaguely stresses me out, which is something I should probably deal with.

After the massage, though. I refuse to attempt anything other than the simplest self-feeding and grooming tasks before accomplishing massage.

I refuse to attempt anything other than the simplest self-feeding and grooming tasks before accomplishing massage.

That is a totally good idea. I'd do the same except unfortunately my next massage isn't until 2:30 on March 25. At least I have one scheduled, though.

I'm going to be on vacation in less than 5 hours.

wheeee

Are you going to be in Seattle, Lee? Can you still look for the shirt I want?

I simultaneously have vacation envy and vacation fear! This sounds really weird, but I hope to stay at work at least until May. I have the perfect excuse for an extended vacation, but honestly, I so don't want one.

Hey, I found this website that hasn't updated their system time to DST yet. Anyone heard of it? It's called yahoo.com

Are you going to be in Seattle, Lee? Can you still look for the shirt I want?

I am, and I can, but you need to email me a reminder of what you want.

I read an article somewhere about the memeory arts and the tricks peopel use to memorize lists of things. One was to imagine a familiar street and to put visual clues along to street to remind you of each item.

I love that this technique is still used. Bascially it is a variation on the classic Roman "memory room", used by classical Romans. You build an imaginary house, furnish with it images that remind you of what you want to remember. For example if someone owe you money, due May 1, you would visualize a statue of them dancing around a maypole decked with the amount of money they owe , as one of the statues in your house. (Come to think of it, that would be an even more appropriate reminder if you owed them money.)

It was called method of loci or Ars memoriae according to Wikipedai

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Ah, and the orignal trick was to use an actual room and objects know to you, and tie chunks of what you wanted to remember to that. But by the middle ages it was well known you could use an imaginary room or building just as well.

The Army Corps of Engineers, rushing to meet President Bush's promise to protect New Orleans by the start of the 2006 hurricane season, installed defective flood-control pumps last year despite warnings from its own expert that the equipment would fail during a storm, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.

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Col. Jeffrey Bedey, who is overseeing levee reconstruction, insisted the pumps would have worked last year and the city was never in danger. Bedey gave assurances that the pumps should be ready for the coming hurricane season, which begins June 1.

The Corps said it decided to press ahead with installation, and then fix the machinery while it was in place, on the theory that some pumping capacity was better than none. And it defended the manufacturer, which was under time pressure.

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