{"id":219,"date":"2006-07-27T11:06:35","date_gmt":"2006-07-27T16:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benpollock.com\/brick\/index.php\/2006\/07\/27\/playing-dodgson-ball\/"},"modified":"2012-07-17T00:24:37","modified_gmt":"2012-07-17T05:24:37","slug":"playing-dodgson-ball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benpollock.com\/brick\/2006\/07\/playing-dodgson-ball\/","title":{"rendered":"Playing Dodgson Ball"},"content":{"rendered":"

Follow some literary logic down a rabbit hole<\/h2>\n

If<\/em><\/p>\n

“Alice laughed: ‘There’s no use trying,’ she said; ‘one can’t believe impossible things.’<\/p>\n

“‘I daresay you haven’t had much practice,’ said the Queen. ‘When I was younger, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.'”<\/p>\n

— Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland<\/em><\/p>\n

And<\/big><\/em><\/p>\n

“If you’ve done six impossible things this morning, why not round it off with breakfast at Milliways, the Restaurant at the End of the Universe?”<\/p>\n

— Douglas Adams, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy<\/em> books and dramatizations<\/p>\n

Finally<\/big><\/em><\/p>\n

“Get one thing done first — THEN check your email. Author of Never Check Email in the Morning Julie Morgenstern suggests spending the first hour of your workday email-free. Choose one task — even a small one — and tackle it first thing.”<\/p>\n

— A recent blog at 43 Folders<\/a><\/p>\n

Therefore<\/big><\/em><\/p>\n

“On a given morning accomplish at least one something before sitting at the machine. Boot up then accomplish at least one computer task before checking the e-mail.”<\/p>\n

— Brick<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sure, I can write in Brick<\/strong> that it’s great, but can I give up compulsive e-mail checking any more than I can give up tortilla chips?<\/p>\n

-30-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Follow some literary logic down a rabbit hole If “Alice laughed: ‘There’s no use trying,’ she said; ‘one can’t believe impossible things.’ “‘I daresay you haven’t had much practice,’ said the Queen. ‘When I was younger, I always did it for half an hour a day. 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