truepenny: artist's rendering of Sidneyia inexpectans (writing: hippopotamus)
Sarah/Katherine ([personal profile] truepenny) wrote2006-03-28 01:24 pm

bookkeeping

unexpected short story: 1,200 words

Chapter 2 of The Mirador: Ha, she said bitterly.

AWBTWYSBD.

[identity profile] magentamn.livejournal.com 2006-03-28 09:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Looked it up (the joys of working in a library). The essay is titled, "How to get thing done", and it is collected in The Benchley Roundup, and Chips off the old Benchley. It proves that cat-vacuuming is not a new phenomena, just a new terminology.

It is available to read online at:
http://www.hackvan.com/pub/stig/etext/how-to-get-things-done-despite-procrastination.txt

[identity profile] autumnstar1.livejournal.com 2006-03-28 10:11 pm (UTC)(link)
great article!

[identity profile] truepenny.livejournal.com 2006-03-28 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)
I have loved that essay for years.