Oh, yeah. There was this time I was pinned down by this guy that played left tackle for varsity... Well, at least he used to before he was a vampire... Anyway, he had this really, really thick neck, and all I had was a little, little Exact-O knife ... You're not loving this story.

Buffy ,'Beneath You'


Natter Five-O: Book 'Em, Danno.  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Jesse - Mar 13, 2007 10:04:49 am PDT #6846 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

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.


§ ita § - Mar 13, 2007 10:09:11 am PDT #6847 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

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.


lisah - Mar 13, 2007 10:11:24 am PDT #6848 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate

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.


Lee - Mar 13, 2007 10:19:29 am PDT #6849 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

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

wheeee


juliana - Mar 13, 2007 10:28:31 am PDT #6850 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

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


Kat - Mar 13, 2007 10:32:04 am PDT #6851 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

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.


tommyrot - Mar 13, 2007 10:44:08 am PDT #6852 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

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


Lee - Mar 13, 2007 10:53:25 am PDT #6853 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

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.


Typo Boy - Mar 13, 2007 10:56:34 am PDT #6854 of 10001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

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

[link]

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.


Dana - Mar 13, 2007 11:08:52 am PDT #6855 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

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.

...

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.

[link]