Two of the greatest albums for providing energy to the listener, specifically as it relates to physical activity (read: working out) are And Justice for All and Master of Puppets by Metallica. Specifically, the songs Damage, Inc. and The Shortest Straw.
In case you are wondering, this is completely objective and has nothing to do with personal preference.
I think you are supposed to laugh at least seven times each day for health, etc. etc.
This should get you at least one, if not you are either too jaded to be worth talking to or a poor reader.
A list of some of the all-time worst domain names in history.
Thanks, Rigsy.
I read a book on vacation called Getting Things Done by David Allen.
This came out of a few blogs referencing some ideas of his and others on enhancing personal productivity, which seems like a bit of snake oil for our time. One of the core concepts of the book is that you should catalog everything you have to do in a trusted system [read: your most personally effective form of a to-do list] so that your mind will stop reminding you of all the things you have to do.
Another key concept is that for each to-do, you boil it down to the next physical action to be completed rather than dealing in vagaries, and you specify a context for when / how each can be completed.
I drank the kool-aid a little bit, frustrated by my own lack of productivity (I am chronically lazy) and built a little application to help me manage and track all of my personal to-do items (another form of procrastination).
The result is dread every time I look at the list. Seeing everything I have avoided for so long causes me a great deal of anxiety, and makes me want to go outside and gaze into the sky. Hopefully this is not an enduring outcome.
A good name for an exceptional swimmer in their first year of college:
AquaFrosh
A quick update - do a google search on Fran Oshmyansky and you’ll see that an earlier post on this site holds the #1 spot! Now to find a practical application for this incredible waste of time…
In other news, googling my name (in quotes) will bring up some disturbing results. Although I am on page one, I have the distinguished company of an adult film star and an Australian folk singer who looks creepily like me. [shudder]
I had a friend in college who was an Engineer. Engineers are not like normal people in many strange and wonderful ways. Said individual found it shocking that each time we used our microwave, we set it for 1:30 to cook ramen, 2:00 for CJ’s VO5 hot oil treatment, etc. and let it run down to the buzzer.
His approach was far more…efficient. He set the timer to 99:99 and simply did the math each time, that way he never had to reset the timer, just pop in his popcorn and hit start. I pointed out that one disadvantage to his approach is that it left the door open to significant risk if you got distracted during the cooking time. He muttered something about the pickle matrix and wandered off down the hall.