I subscribe to the live frog theory of prioritizing and completing tasks. If you eat a live frog first thing in the morning, then certainly nothing else can be quite so demanding the rest of the day. So, the theory goes, you should pick the most pressing or onerous task that faces you and do that first. For me, today, that task is writing my paper for SITE. I SHOULD do it although part of the problem here is that it isn’t due until next Monday and I’m anticipating that it should take about a half day to finish it. So perhaps it isn’t actually a live frog yet since I have time during the rest of the week. BUT, I also have time today and should just get it done. But, wouldn’t it be more fun to post some video from our birding trip last week?
Meanwhile, I finally managed to finish my first book for 2005: a biography of Stonewall Jackson by Byron Farwell. Considering his legendary status in the south, I was surprised at how incompetent he seemed in many instances, particularly at the battles around Richmond early in the war. And his petty quarrelsome nature was also a surprise. Maybe I should read Lee’s biography next since he must have shown real leadership in order to balance his many prickly subordinates.
My list of books for 2004 sits just at 49 although I may have forgotten to write down a few. Plus, I listened to The Orchid Thief, which I downloaded from audible.com. So, I think I made the 50-book challenge and now I’m starting up again. Here’s the original blog that got me started on this last year.
