Man, I was such a failboat before I had the option to manage my life electronically.
I used paper back in the day, but I love my pop up reminders and text and so forth. Need that.
Inara: Who's winning? Simon: I can't tell. They don't seem to be playing by any civilized rules that I know.
'Bushwhacked'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
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.
Laura - Apr 17, 2014 6:37:21 am PDT #25464 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Zenkitty - Apr 17, 2014 6:39:58 am PDT #25465 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I am as one with Tim, at least in this aspect: I also have a paper calendar hanging in the kitchen, but it doesn't help if I don't look at it. I would really benefit from having it all electronic, but I haven't been able to make that happen, somehow.
flea - Apr 17, 2014 6:42:36 am PDT #25466 of 30000
information libertarian
-t - Apr 17, 2014 6:42:47 am PDT #25467 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I tried with paper, but I ended up with notes to myself on scraps of paper all over the place that never were right in front of me when I needed to be reminded of whatever it was I was supposed to do. Even Dayplanners and whatnot I had a tough time with.
Rick - Apr 17, 2014 6:52:03 am PDT #25468 of 30000
A recent New Yorker cartoon came pretty close to the truth on electronic schedules, at least for me:
I think I've mentioned here that a couple of years ago I found a paper to-do list from 1989 and noticed that there were only two tasks I still hadn't completed. I came in over the weekend for a few weeks and finished both them. On the next Monday morning I strutted up and down the hallway bragging "I've completely finished the 80's!!!"
But Outlook never forgets and you can't loose it in the back of a file drawer like a paper list, so it is easy to see that the 90's will be a harder problem to complete. There are still 27 tasks outstanding, mostly analytic techniques I promised to learn and papers or grants I promised to write. I'm thinking that by 2024 I should be pretty close.
-t - Apr 17, 2014 6:54:04 am PDT #25469 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, well, yes, I have come to accept that some days my To Do list is just organizing all the things that I'm going to ignore. But at least they are organized.
flea - Apr 17, 2014 6:59:33 am PDT #25470 of 30000
information libertarian
I patted myself on the back yesterday when I realized I'd gotten up, made coffee, done two loads of laundry and 2 drainers full of dishes, gotten the kids to school, volunteered for half an hour at the school library, taken Casper to the orthodontist, dropped off some pants at the dry cleaner and mailed a letter, all before 11am. Then I went to work.
I failed at calling a babysitting, because I mostly fail at anything involving the telephone.
juliana - Apr 17, 2014 6:59:43 am PDT #25471 of 30000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Oh, well, yes, I have come to accept that some days my To Do list is just organizing all the things that I'm going to ignore. But at least they are organized.
Hahahhaha. Yes.
Connie Neil - Apr 17, 2014 7:00:12 am PDT #25472 of 30000
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In today's WTF headline/news story:
I liked the line "He, and his severed penis, were taken to Cedars-Sinai." It's like "He and his estranged wife" or something. Like they had to convince the penis to go to the same location as the idiot who broke up with him/it.
-t - Apr 17, 2014 7:12:45 am PDT #25473 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Tep (or anyone who might know) - I took a Claritin this morning, think I followed it up with a Zyrtec as I often do and just now added an Allegra to the mix (because I didn't have my preventative med that I know doesn't interact with the others and I have an annoying amount of allergy symptoms still). My heart's not going to explode or anything, right?