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Mark Forster is the author of three books about time management and personal organisation. The most recent, Do It Tomorrow, was published by Hodder in 2006.

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Discussion Forum > What's your "weirdest" entry?

While we're all debating the relative merits of DWM, I thought we needed a little levity around here.

So... what's the task on your list that might look the strangest to an outsider?

Mine right now is probably "get up and move" because I pulled a muscle in my lower back and it gets really REALLY stiff if I stay in any one position (i.e., sitting) for too long.
February 9, 2010 at 14:55 | Unregistered CommenterSarah
Mine would probably be:

"Standing"

"Hermeneutic"

or

"Bara Brith"

All recurring tasks.

P.S. Though the non-recurring task "Sort Out Phoenix" might take some explaining!
February 9, 2010 at 16:07 | Registered CommenterMark Forster
Hi Sarah
Mine in Poop Patrol 2pm ish.....LOL! (No, it's not a cue to relieve myself. It's a cue to leave open >= one hour to walk the dog and remember to bring some poop bags!
learning as I go
February 9, 2010 at 16:20 | Unregistered Commenterlearning as I go
Return “Cows are Freaky”

(this is the partial title of an overdue library book)
February 9, 2010 at 16:28 | Unregistered CommenterSteve
Hi learning as I go,

Hmmm...something tells me that you are going to win this one! I love it!! Poop patrol....come to think of it, I do something similar in dealing with multiple problems as an administrator.

Smiles....

-David
February 9, 2010 at 16:29 | Unregistered CommenterDavid Drake
Hi Mark
In my freshman year, I took a literature course entitled something like "Interpretating the Bible as a Literary Work" Would that qualify for putting hermeneutic on my DWM if I had one back in the Stone Age?
learning as I go
February 9, 2010 at 16:30 | Unregistered Commenterlearning as I go
Hi David
ROTFL! ROTFL! ROTFL! You made my day! I could never do your job! I guess there are many examples of bag of sh** excuses, hypotheses, pontificating throughout a typical day of campus life! I tip my hat off to you! I wonder if the guy at the tower on the Texas U. campus wasn't a frazzled thesis advisor or department head who's also on the panel reviewing grant proposals. ROTFL! (The actual tragedy wasn't funny..I'm simply using wicked humor....*blush*)
My hat's off to you for all that you do while managing to refrain from becoming a serial killer! ROTFL!
learning as I go
February 9, 2010 at 16:37 | Unregistered Commenterlearning as I go
Hi Steve
I'm SO RELIEVED that you annotated that the entry was a book.....not a fettish flick! *blush*
learning as I go

p.s. This is a fun post! Thanks Sarah!
February 9, 2010 at 16:39 | Unregistered Commenterlearning as I go
These do all lead to entertaining speculation. The ways that we abbreviate things might lend itself to some armchair psychoanalysis as well!
February 9, 2010 at 17:31 | Unregistered CommenterSarah
"where is my corset??" We moved house back end of last year and I can't find the box i packed it in. Going to a Rocky Horror Picture Show night soon means I need it :-)

Titch
February 9, 2010 at 18:42 | Unregistered Commentertitch
This keeps getting better and better!! First, the poop patrol....and now "where is my corset?" I love this!

Thanks for the kind words, learning as I go. Yep, there is plenty of poop to deal with in the Academy....to say the least. Smiles...

-David
February 9, 2010 at 19:35 | Unregistered CommenterDavid Drake
I love Bara Brith!
February 9, 2010 at 22:10 | Unregistered CommenterAlison R
- Balalaika - water
- Check the drips
- LT245/75R16
February 11, 2010 at 0:07 | Unregistered CommenterSeraphim
Seraphim: OK, having recently bought snow chains I recognize one of yours. "LT245/75R16" is tires, right?
February 11, 2010 at 1:47 | Unregistered CommenterMichael E
Michael,

<<<Seraphim: OK, having recently bought snow chains I recognize one of yours. "LT245/75R16" is tires, right?>>>

Yep, you got it! :-)
February 11, 2010 at 4:42 | Unregistered CommenterSeraphim
I put a rather strange item onto my DWM list yesterday:

"Don't let islands grow."

Yes, this really is something I need to do for work -- I'm currently manipulating GIS (map) data, and have to deal with polygons representing land masses and cities. So it's not quite as insane as it sounds...

- Erik.
February 13, 2010 at 1:59 | Unregistered CommenterErik
Iron socks
February 25, 2010 at 21:52 | Unregistered CommenterTK
Polish tennis shoes
February 25, 2010 at 22:03 | Unregistered CommenterMike
Czech tennis shoes
February 25, 2010 at 22:12 | Unregistered CommenterNorman U.
LTBW
February 25, 2010 at 22:16 | Unregistered CommenterRoger J
strip club
February 26, 2010 at 0:07 | Unregistered CommenterTK
Holes/pockets
Cubing
February 26, 2010 at 4:18 | Unregistered CommenterAlan Baljeu