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elfsOmaha and I watch The IgNobel awards this past Friday, live-tweeting it as we went, and enjoyed the heck out of it. The "Ode To Coffee" was a little strained, but the rest of the show was otherwise wonderful.
The Literature Award went to John Perry, who fifteen years ago wrote the brilliant How to Procrastinate and Still Get Things Done, introducing the world to the concept of Structured Procrastination. The IgNobel team finally got around to recognizing his work.
I wish Perry's tricks worked for me. Omaha says that I'm bad at even that kind of thing: that I typically spend a day doing geeky stuff, and then guiltily stick my nose into the kids' lives on the assumption that I have to do some "Dad stuff." I hope to think I'm better than that, but some days not so much. And even then, when I'm good at GTD I get neurotic about thinking what I've missed, and I must have missed something, my to-do list is empty!
Still working on the process...
The Literature Award went to John Perry, who fifteen years ago wrote the brilliant How to Procrastinate and Still Get Things Done, introducing the world to the concept of Structured Procrastination. The IgNobel team finally got around to recognizing his work.
I wish Perry's tricks worked for me. Omaha says that I'm bad at even that kind of thing: that I typically spend a day doing geeky stuff, and then guiltily stick my nose into the kids' lives on the assumption that I have to do some "Dad stuff." I hope to think I'm better than that, but some days not so much. And even then, when I'm good at GTD I get neurotic about thinking what I've missed, and I must have missed something, my to-do list is empty!
Still working on the process...
