Here’s an NPR story based on the recent article in the NYT Magazine called Meet the life hackers
‘Interruption Science’: Costly Distractions at Work
Technology forces us to juggle competing demands on our attention over the course of our workdays. Alex Chadwick speaks with New York Times Magazine contributor Clive Thompson about “interruption science,” the study of the effect of disruptions on job performance.
I’m going to rip my friggin hair out. Its this damn phrase - “step up to the plate”. Thanks to The Apprentice and also The other Apprentice this has creeped back into the mainstream as a way to indicate that someone is not doing what is expected of them - ‘pulling their weight’, ‘towing thier load’, etc.
In last week’s Trump Apprentice the project manager for the women’s team said that she needed Toral to “step up to the plate” and wear that rediculous mascot outfit. It was probably used 5 or 6 other times in the episode. The message really starts to get lost in the hackney of it all. If you really want to get your point across, how about just saying what the hell is on your mind and not relying on worn out phrases?
Here is one good way to describe life and attitudes in Chapel Hill, North Carolina:
This car is the only one of its kind (i.e. with a buch of crap glued all over it) in town, but it gets surprisingly little attention. Chapel Hill is a place where some pretty well off people are sharing space with the university and plenty of North Carolina’s most artsy crowd.
Yeah, this is probably something you’ve seen before: Google Sightseeing. I still think its pretty cool.
dis·a·buse (d?s’?-by?z’)
tr.v., -bused, -bus·ing, -bus·es.
To free from a falsehood or misconception: I must disabuse you of your feelings of grandeur.
[French désabuser : dés-, dis- + abuser, to delude (from Old French, to misuse; see abuse).]
I’ve had it with Blockbuster. They introduced their new “end of late fees” program as a way to compete with Netflix, while also starting Blockbuster Online, a Netflix knock off. My issue is with their physical locations. It seems like every time I go to one they never have the movie I want to see. They do have a “garuanteed to be there” promotion, but almost always those are the movies I don’t want to see.
I’m done with them. And just out of spite, I’m joining Netflix.
I’m going for Ethiopian food tonight at Queen of Sheeba’s in Chapel Hill. The owner is an Ethiopian woman who does all of the cooking. Its amazing.
For about an hour and a half. I was with 8 other people at NC State University. We were speakers at a panel session about being out in the workplace. Unfortunately no one showed up for the panel and the door to the room we were supposed to speak in was locked. No one seemed to know how to get it open, so we decided we’d just hang out in a lounge and chat for a while.
Thats when the elevator made an abrubt stop. About 1.5 hours (and several calls to university police on the call box in the elevator) later evelvator maintenence came and opened up the door.
We took the stairs down the rest of the way 
An interview with Chuck Palahniuk - Author best known for Fight Club.
All Things Considered, July 4, 2004 · Author Chuck Palahniuk is known for his direct, unflinching style of writing. While he’s still best-known for the novel-turned-movie Fight Club, Palahniuk’s latest book, Stranger than Fiction, is a collection of true stories that appeal to the author’s sensibilities.
NPR’s Andrea Seabrook talks with Palahniuk about the tricks of his trade, from ways to unearth vibrant dialogue to how to set up a reader.
Its been a rather uneventful National Coming Out Day. Who knows, maybe someone will surprise me at the gym tonight.