So, I had an epiphany of sorts last night. I realized that if you are able to work double the normal number of hours in a day (and still be productive, it’s important to sleep), you can essentially double your effective time to meet a deadline.

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Time at work:
Monday: 14:00 hours
Tuesday: 15:18 h
Wednesday: 13:10h
Thursday: 15:28 h
Friday: 13:05h
Saturday: 15:14h
Sunday: 15:15h
Total: 101:30h
Un-effing-believable. And here it goes again starting now (00:10 Monday morning).

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Up until now I would not have believed I could possibly work (productively, at knowledge work) this many hours per day, for this many days per week, for this many weeks straight, if you had told me.
It’s… interesting.

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Dear Microsoft Word,
Please stop trying to outsmart me. I promise you that I really want to select the letters I drag the mouse across, and not the surrounding words.
Thanks,
–Brock
This is one reason why journals should not require submissions in MS Word format. Gar.

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In an interview with Chris Rose, the son of writer Anne Rice ( a novelist himself ) had this to say when asked about New Orleans’ effect on a person who has lived there:
“To be from New Orleans is to enter into a contract with it, that you will try to articulate its magic to [...]

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