Posts Tagged ‘Productivity’

Come Sale Away

April 4th, 2010

Now I know what a gang bang feels like.

The plan

In preparing for my departure, I knew I would have two sales. The first to clear my place of all the miscellaneous crap, the second to shed much of my furniture to limit my storage needs.

Some wonderful friends of mine (we’ll call them Shmoy, Shmill and Shmance) helped me put together the yard sale. I had an ungodly number of books, DVDs, comics and various electronics & camping stuff. They added clothes, cycling equipment and baby gear that’s been outgrown.

photo credit: fpm from Wikimedia Creative Commons

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Dealing With Flight Delays

September 24th, 2009

If Mehran Nasseri could spend 18 years in Terminal 1 of Charles de Gaulle, then you can suck it up and use that 8 hour flight delay to your advantage.

Relax:

  • Catch up on sleep. If you’re on the tail end of a trip, you probably need it. You seem a bit cranky.
  • Get a jump on your reading. All the books, magazines and newspapers you brought to keep busy on the flight are better used now to keep your mind off the shorter vacation you’ll have when you finally get to your tropical paradise. » Read more: Dealing With Flight Delays