tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post1634525550640664576..comments2023-06-11T02:19:27.429-07:00Comments on Academic Cog: The Law of Conservation of SleepSisyphushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09880634753539329199noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-15255357366245644152007-09-08T17:37:00.000-07:002007-09-08T17:37:00.000-07:00You have the best ideas: psychic vampirism. I'll s...You have the best ideas: psychic vampirism. I'll sharpen my teeth.<BR/><BR/>It has the added benefit of the wimpering puddle. You rock.Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10849272391043604637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-40275765486414336672007-09-08T08:33:00.000-07:002007-09-08T08:33:00.000-07:00I very much like the idea of the conservation of p...I very much like the idea of the conservation of productivity. I think I'd add two codicils to your law: first, that any act of productivity creates an equal and opposing act of recovery. (A great day of writing, for me, is often followed by a day of laying on the couch watching What Not To Wear.) And two, productivity breeds productivity, and likewise, inertia breeds inertia. (I can watch What Not To Wear for many many days...)<BR/><BR/>It may be the case that these two contradict one another.kfluffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09067013188119828400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-76293170243215219482007-09-07T21:25:00.000-07:002007-09-07T21:25:00.000-07:00heh, where oh where has my give-a-shit gone? I lik...heh, where oh where has my give-a-shit gone? I like it.<BR/><BR/>As to your trouble, I suggest psychic vampirism. Attach yourself to the annoying toadying busy bees in your department and drain the productivity from them. Then leave them a helpless whimpering puddle on the floor while you scurry away laughing manically, leaving scholarly articles and graded essays in your wake.<BR/><BR/>Or you could drink a couple Red Bulls.Sisyphushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09880634753539329199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-39119205295179118652007-09-07T19:30:00.000-07:002007-09-07T19:30:00.000-07:00Oooh, I like the productivity phenom! That explain...Oooh, I like the productivity phenom! That explains so much! Like, I don't know.... my life? I'm now totally convinced there's a bank of productivity from which I've already tapped my account for the day, week, month or year. That explains the incomprehension I feel when I stare at the stack of work on my desk and wonder where my give-a-shit has gone.<BR/><BR/>The account is empty, perhaps overdrawn. To whom do we address for new infusions of productive-ness?Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10849272391043604637noreply@blogger.com