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    Image of Skellatrix Skellatrix
    07:54 PM

    Well, this certainly sucks.

    I saw a job posting on craigslist this weekend for MY job. I did think perhaps they're hiring an additional person, or maybe one of the other team members is leaving, but I got the call tonight...I'm done.

    I was a contractor/temp, which made me incredibly disposable. I did great work, but recently I effed up and forgot to send a couple of important emails. And I didn't really get along with a couple of people in the office.

    I feel okay. I'll find something else. Probably try to do some freelancing from home so I don't have to be around so many people. Also, I have no excuse not to work on my craft business. That's a good thing! My personal work is, of course, very close to my heart and I've been neglecting it lately.

    So does anyone else have any shitty termination stories? Anyone else really dislike offices and people and would much rather work in a fortress of solitude?

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    Image of rodmanstreet rodmanstreet
    07:20 PM

    You ever cook something for the first time and think, "Oh my god! What is this taste sensation! This is the most amazing thing in the history of history!" and then a few days later you use the leftover ingredients to cook it again and it's not nearly as fantastic as you remember it? I hate when that happens.

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    Image of wealhtheow wealhtheow
    07:56 PM

    @rodmanstreet: So disappointing! Especially when I'm making the 2nd batch for company, because I'm so sure it will be fantastic.

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    Image of Tartan_Tart Tartan_Tart
    07:15 PM

    I'm doing my (last) research paper on "American Stories" at the Met. I live very far from that beacon of artistic grandeur, though, so I was just curious if any of you NY Jezzies have seen the exhibition and have any personal experience/reactions to it.

    Much obliged!

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    Image of Kate- Kate Kate- Kate
    06:58 PM

    So since I have been super sick I have been taking my temperature a lot. Mr. Kate-Kate just called me a freak and told me I am obsessed. I don't know why but it is interesting to me.

    My temp. has been going up and down (high 102.1 last night to 97.5 this afternoon to 101.5 just now).

    Is it really weird or is husband just being annoying?

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    Image of That-Dude That-Dude
    07:25 PM

    @Kate- Kate: Three times over 24 hours isn't weird, but has it only been three times?

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    07:27 PM

    @That-Dude: No it's been probably 12 times in 2 days. Also I should mention I upgraded to a new thermometer that takes my temp. in like 8 seconds so I think that is part of it. It's like a new toy.

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    07:37 PM

    @Kate- Kate: Weird. Stop it. Conform.

    Seriously, if its not hurting anyone, so be it. On the other hand 12 times seems like a bit much.

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    07:49 PM

    @That-Dude: Thanks...that is my argument to husband. Why does he care? Well when I go back to work tomorrow I will not be taking my thermometer :)

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    Image of LBB LBB
    06:47 PM

    Just read this article and it totally made me cry.

    [www.nytimes.com]

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    06:17 PM

    Ugh I have had some pretty bad flu symptoms the last 2 days and have been out of work. I am feeling better for the most part (fever down from 102.1!) and think I can make it to work tomorrow. But tomorrow we are suppose to get a pretty bad winter storm starting mid-morningish. I don't think I can really call out again but I was thinking of going in, grabbing some work to bring home, and saying I am still sick and leaving.

    Is that incredibly douchey?

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    06:29 PM

    @Kate- Kate: No, it's incredibly kind. The last thing I'd want is a co-worker who's got any traces, no matter how lingering, of an illness hanging around the office. It's the humanitarian thing to do, especially if you're bringing work home, which I would totally not be hardworking enough to do whilst even a little sick. Seriously, I'd frame it thusly to your boss. Nobody wants a sick employee around.

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    06:42 PM

    @Kate- Kate: Not douchey at all... not only are you preventing the spread of illness to your coworkers (something my company sent a memo about when Swine Flu first started going around) but you're taking work home with you, which most people wouldn't do if they were sick. :)

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    Image of Atomic Bowling Atomic Bowling
    07:11 PM

    @Kate- Kate: Agreed with the others, I can't see how anyone would fault you for simultaneously trying to work and avoid spreading illness/getting caught in a storm. As long as your work is the type that can be done from home, then I don't see how it could possibly be a bad thing.

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    07:16 PM

    @Atomic Bowling: 99.99% of my job I can do from home and even though I have been sick I have been working from home these last 2 days. None of it is hard or takes any brain power so I don't mind doing it.

    Thanks everyone! This is all provided I still feel okay in the morning to go in.

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    Image of PaigeTurner PaigeTurner
    06:01 PM

    Brilliant news courtesy of my Washington Post Breaking News alerts!

    The Senate has rejected Ben Nelson and Orrin Hatch's abortion amendment! I am opening up a good bottle of red tonight!

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    Image of serreca serreca
    06:17 PM

    @PaigeTurner: Woot! Just came here to see if anyone was talking about this. Great news!

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    Image of JerseyGrrrl JerseyGrrrl
    05:53 PM

    I'm thinking seriously about training to become a Certified Nursing Assistant. They are crazy in demand. My current profession is not. Any of you out there want to warn me off or tell me the water's warm??

    PS. I love old people, don't have issues with being around fluids and don't mind cleaning. I don't want people to be mean to me all day.

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    Image of wynniepiglet wynniepiglet
    06:11 PM

    @JerseyGrrrl: Seniors definitely need more compassionate caregivers. I say go for it and good luck! (Though I am not a CNA, so I don't have first hand experience to share.)

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    Image of lostinmybox lostinmybox
    06:12 PM

    @JerseyGrrrl: My best friend is a CNA, but she's currently in nursing school to become a RN. She didn't like it for precisely the reasons that you say you like/don't mind. She worked in a nursing home and became pretty depressed with everything she saw going on. She works as a CNA in an ER now and likes it better, though she thinks she'll like being a RN better.

    With that in mind, it sounds like you know what to expect and that it interest you. So I say why not, if it sounds like something you'll enjoy!

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    Image of boobookitteh boobookitteh
    06:15 PM

    @JerseyGrrrl: CNAs work harder than anyone else. It's a very physical job and you're kind of at the bottom of the totem pole - which I've always thought is unfair as they often have the best information about the patients (I always check with the CNAs if I have a question about a patient). Also, and I love old people and have worked (and still work) in nursing homes, but they can be challenging. Dementia does unpredictable things to people's personalities - some people get lovely and pleasant and daffy and some get angry and cranky - but generally speaking, if they get to know and trust you, the crankiness lessens. Also, working with elderly folks in a nursing home does bring up the issue of watching people you care for have an inevitable decline - which is sad.

    That said, I have worked with many, many CNAs who truly get an enormous amount of satisfaction and work for years in the same place and develop amazing relationships with patients and their families. The most love you will get, in fact, is from the families - who generally like and respect the CNAs as a whole.

    The nurses you work with will vary.

    Also - if you are interested in becoming a nurse (also in demand), it's a good place to start and scope out the profession.

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    Image of Aesop's Foibles. YES. Aesop's Foibles. YES.
    06:23 PM

    @JerseyGrrrl: People might be mean to you, and you'll be exposed to and asked to clean up all kinds of fluids, but old people are often adorable so that could even the scales a bit. If you're looking at it from a financial standpoint, from what I understand, CNAs do not make all that much money. My bestie is an LPN and she's worked in an old folks facility, she likened the duties of a CNA to that of a daycare employee. Like caring for toddlers or infants, depending on the patient.

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    Image of JerseyGrrrl JerseyGrrrl
    06:28 PM

    @boobookitteh: Thank you for that info. It's kind of what I'm imagining. are you a nurse of some kind? I'm trying to balance the feasibility and financial demands of going to school for something with the results. I know the more I spend and the more time I commit, the better position I could come away with (CNA, LPN, etc.) and I can't commit to four years. Anyway, lots of thinking about the future going on and thank you!

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    06:30 PM

    @Aesop's Foibles. YES.: That's very helpful. Thank you for that. I know they don't make much money, but neither does my current work. I'm most interested in stability and a guaranteed future of employment, you know? I got two BAs and came out of school to find the career I'd planned has pretty much disappeared. So I'm working on Plan B. anyway thank you sweetie!!

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    06:31 PM

    @lostinmybox: What kinds of things "depressed" your friend that she saw? Older people feeling bad? That sounds kind of scary...

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    06:46 PM

    @JerseyGrrrl: It was hard for her to see her patients with dementia get steadily worse. I think the fact that working with the elderly means an inevitably decline in health, rather than a possibility they would get better. Also, this may just have been at the facility she was at, she said a lot of the patients were just kinda left their by their families. It depressed her thinking about how these families seemed to be to care little about their parents/grandparents. Overall, I don't think she realized how emotionally challenging her job would be.

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    Image of boobookitteh boobookitteh
    06:48 PM

    @JerseyGrrrl: Just FYI - LPN courses are about 9 months long - you can also get a 2 year ADN degree and be an RN. I read in another response that you have a BA, so you could do a BSN program to be an RN and likely get credit transferred towards that. What I've seen a lot of colleagues do is get an LPN and work while getting an Associates or Bachelor's (often getting in on tuition reimbursement at work) - also some places give you tuition reimbursement as a CNA (but you usually have to commit to working there as a nurse for a certain amount of time)

    I'm a Nurse Practitioner and I went to graduate school with an RN who had a Bachelor's in journalism and an Associates in Nursing and she was able to go through the program to get a Master's in nursing. Nursing degrees are pretty flexible that way.

    In New York, you can sit for the LPN boards after a certain amount of credits towards a BSN (I think you still can).

    Anyway, good luck - there's lots of things you can do with a nursing degree that's not direct patient care also - administration, public health, utilization review, etc. and health care has been pretty recession proof.

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    Image of JerseyGrrrl JerseyGrrrl
    06:50 PM

    @lostinmybox: Thank you! That's definitely something to think about...

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    06:51 PM

    @boobookitteh: Thank you for all the info. Once I decode those acronyms ;) No, I really appreciate the time you took to answer!! That gives me hope for starting over.

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    Image of Scout Scout
    05:52 PM

    Head: Desk moment of the day

    from Harper's Weekly:

    Uganda prepared to pass a bill that would make life imprisonment
    the minimum sentence for gay sex. Under the proposed law,
    which gained support after prominent U.S. Christian evangelists held an anti-gay seminar in Kampala, repeat offenders can be sentenced to death and civilians who witness homosexual acts and fail to report them can be jailed for three years.

    "We believe there are limits to
    human rights," said James Nsaba Buturo, state minister for ethics and
    integrity. "We are talking about anal sex. Not even animals do that."

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    Image of 5ft of fury 5ft of fury
    06:40 PM

    @Scout: Huh. You know Mr. Nsaba Buturo, I know PLENTY of straight people who engage in anal sex. So I guess they need to be stoned to death for their horrid sexual deviancy too? Also, to all anti-homosexuality creationist twats out there: Humans are animals. We are highly evolved ones, yes, but we ARE animals. So trying to create an argument out of the fact that humans aren't animals and don't engage in animal behavior is just stupid.

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    06:42 PM

    @5ft of fury: AND he apparently thinks there are "limits" to human rights...on top of using anal sex as some weird non-argument.

    ugh

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    Image of burningdinner burningdinner
    05:21 PM

    What do you get for someone who has everything? I am having some serious issues with my creative gifting juices this year, particularly as they pertain to my boyfriend's mother... I'd like something that makes her think - "well isn't she sweet/cool/fun!" Any ideas?

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    Image of BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit) BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit)
    05:23 PM

    @burningdinner: Does she read? Maybe introduce her to a great new book/series.

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    Image of JerseyGrrrl JerseyGrrrl
    05:41 PM

    @burningdinner: spa gift card? Yankee candle? Cozy fleece throw? Gift card to beloved restaurant?

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    Image of sableized (mawrterdom) sableized (mawrterdom)
    05:19 PM

    Goin' a-job hunting - wish me luck!

    OH, AND: If any of you guys are in San Francisco, and know any leads for gigs, PLEASE let me know. I am a smart girl with many talents, and I'm really about to have to go home.

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    Image of token_illiterate_commenter token_illiterate_commenter
    05:25 PM

    @sableized (mawrterdom): Good luck. I hope that you, and all employment challenged Jezzies, find a good gig very soon.

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    05:53 PM

    @sableized (mawrterdom): God it would be awesome if there was a Jez job board. Good luck. There seems to be a lot more stuff in San Fran and LA (especially non-profit wise) than in San Diego/other parts of CA so hang tough!

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    Image of Alys Brangwin has a huge talent Alys Brangwin has a huge talent
    04:31 PM

    Who else is in final exam mode? Fortunately, or maybe unfortunately I find myself with four take-home exams all due by Sunday, but I have an overwhelming urge to be rid of them right now. However, they will require pages and pages of writing, and a little research. The weather here is bleak and rainy, and since I just finished my cup of tea, all I want to do is watch Cyrano de Bergerac with Gerard Depardieu and pretend there's no such thing as a deadline.

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    04:34 PM

    @Alys Brangwin has a huge talent: Oh, God, me too, and it's awful. I have a paper and a rewrite due Thursday, and I just cannot force myself to be productive. It's rainy here too, and I just want to curl up and play on Jezebel and watch Freaks & Geeks on DVD. I have tomorrow off and I had today, too, and so far I have NOT used my time wisely. I can't figure out how to kickstart myself. It's a problem.

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    04:43 PM

    @girlscoutcookie is back from hiatus:
    I think what is even less helpful is that I have to type. I have to use the computer, and I know I could just turn the wireless switch off, but then I couldn't listen to Pandora radio play Liz Phair, Sarah McLachlan, The Cranberries, Sarah Bareilles, Alanis Morisette, Garbage, and Michelle Branch, and I couldn't look at Jezebel! Plus I know I'll just get bored and flip the switch right back on. I also have all the ingredients for making chocolate chip cookies so I could do that and would feel so much happier about that. I'm still in the planning stage of the most obnoxious class's exam, and it is going so slowly.

    I'm glad I don't have a rewrite, though. I hate revisiting major assignments and trying to reshape them for the same audience. Is that going to be worse than your other paper?

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    04:47 PM

    @Alys Brangwin has a huge talent: Seriously, the computer makes life so much harder, doesn't it? I have no willpower when it comes to the internet, and even if I did I'm sure I'd still be playing solitaire rather than working.

    The rewrite will actually be way easier, and fun; it's a short story, and working on creative pieces doesn't even feel like work to me. I really should just go ahead and knock it out, but I keep feeling like it will be better for me to get more of the research paper done first and I just can't make myself get to it; hence, paralysis. And Jezebel.

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    Image of curiousgeorgiana curiousgeorgiana
    05:02 PM

    @Alys Brangwin has a huge talent: I have 3 exams between now and Sunday. One tomorrow. And I'm dying. UGH.

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    Image of PaigeTurner PaigeTurner
    04:25 PM

    Ok, team: buying a present for someone you like even though they won't be buying one for you?

    What's the verdict?
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    Image of xgurl3eb xgurl3eb
    04:34 PM

    @PaigeTurner: i do if it's something that i know they'll enjoy, and that won't hurt me financially or in terms of time (a super labor intensive craft for example). If i don't have a meaningful gift though and it's just a token, then i usually skip it and do a card.

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    04:36 PM

    @PaigeTurner: I say go with whatever you feel. It's the true spirit of the holiday. But I was always the type to say "I love you" first, so I don't know. I've never understood rules about such things.

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    Image of Alys Brangwin has a huge talent Alys Brangwin has a huge talent
    04:55 PM

    @xgurl3eb: People love baked goods, so that's what I give if there is a "no gifts" policy in place.

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    Image of burningdinner burningdinner
    05:15 PM

    @PaigeTurner: I always try to think about what they'd want - are they going to freak out? will they feel compelled to get me something in return? or will they accept and understand that I'd like to do something nice for them, or thought of them, and don't want anything back? If it's not the latter, then I don't.

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    05:47 PM

    @PaigeTurner: My vote is "yes," but in my life the Scrooge in question is a very dear uncle whose grumpiness is part of his endearing charm. Plus it makes me happy. But I never overspend...

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    05:47 PM

    @Alys Brangwin has a huge talent: This is a great suggestion :) I think I'm adopting it!!

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    06:26 PM

    @JerseyGrrrl: I love giving to grumpy people -- especially something homemade given cheerfully and without any expectation. It totally throws them off.

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    Image of spamanda spamanda
    03:20 PM

    We're expecting a really bad snowstorm here -- like 12" before tomorrow. I'm at work (I work in a small boutique) and there's NO ONE coming in... thank gawd for Jezebel!

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    03:26 PM

    @spamanda: We had some really bad snow storms last year, so I really sympathize. Stay warm, stay safe.

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    03:30 PM

    @spamanda: In the midwest by any chance? I'm in Iowa and pretty much snowed in.

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    03:35 PM

    @spamanda: We've just been issued a blizzard warning and ... once I make it home safely, I'm going to start getting excited to be snowed in.

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    03:43 PM

    @HappyHydrozoan is positive disintegration: Wisconsin! Just heard on the radio up to 16". I love snow, only work a few miles from my house, and don't have to do anything tomorrow. I even hit the grocery store this morning so I didn't have to go out with the kids tomorrow.


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    @TrixieCanary: Yeah, being snowed in can be really fun. I even know where I've hidden the hot chocolate. So it'll be a good night!

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    @token_illiterate_commenter: Thanks! I love snow, I'm looking forward to it... but then again, I'm in Wisconsin (and grew up here) so I'm used to the cruddy weather.

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    03:49 PM

    @spamanda: A Wisconsinite? You'll be fine. Last year we had 3 ft in 2 days and everybody made it though mostly unscathed and we aren't used to that kind of snow like you guys. Enjoy!

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    Image of Atomic Bowling Atomic Bowling
    04:58 PM

    @spamanda: Ugh, I wish we could have a snow day! There were about eight inches where I live when I woke up today, all of which dropped overnight, but apparently that was not enough to divert from business as usual for most people. It just meant an added 45 minutes to my normal 20 minute commute, and a bunch of totally crazy drivers apparently intent on landing themselves in a ditch (snow plows were a bit slow about their work this morning).

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    Image of spamanda spamanda
    04:59 PM

    @Atomic Bowling: Yeah I spoke too soon -- we've had lots of people in this afternoon. I was hoping to be able to spend the day doing a lot of.... nothing.

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    Image of emfish55 emfish55
    03:12 PM

    I'm having a terrible time focusing on work today. If you have quick, anti-procrastination tips for getting work done, let me know.

    Just to get the ball rolling, here are some of mine (though they arent' cutting it today):

    (1) I have a 45 minute hourglass on my desk. I'll flip it, and work straight through, with the understanding that once I'm done I can chillax for the remainder of the hour.

    (2) I make mini 3-item lists for my work morning and work afternoon. My goal is to finish just those three things before lunch/going home. I'm good at keeping the list pretty balanced and reasonable -- it's usually one substantive research item, one writing assignment or portion thereof, and one administrative item.

    Thoughts? (And to be sure, I'm aware that hanging out in the comments on Jez is likely not a very good anti-procrastination tactic.)

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    Image of curiousgeorgiana curiousgeorgiana
    03:29 PM

    @emfish55: Those are really good techniques!!

    #groupthink
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    Image of Mary McCarthyite Mary McCarthyite
    04:16 PM

    @emfish55: Woe: those are great tips. I want to incorporate those into my workday! Thanks.

    #groupthink
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