This is List, an entry originally posted on November 26, 2002 in the blog nebulose.net. In chronological order, before this was Hole. After this comes Apology. If you're lost, I recommend the about page.

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I have a little pad that I carry around with me at all times, because I'm not so hot at remembering things these days. (Was I ever? Can't remember.) The last page of the pad is reserved for ideas of pieces to write for this site, as I have resolved to write new content each and every day, and would not want to be caught without an appropriate topic at the last minute. Most of the things written on this reserved page are barely legible -- I have the nasty habit of thinking of ideas when I'm walking down a crowded hallway (or similiar), and my handwriting is pretty bad to begin with.

I've got a little notation thing going on, to help me subdivide the list when the time of reckoning comes and I need to pick a subject, like, pronto. Ideas I'm skeptical about are in parenthesis, denoting their lesser status; ditto for a question mark. I use || for "or"; that's the code junkie in me coming to the surface. Topics I absolutely must write about have a vageuly star-like symbol next to them. In the upper right corner, surrounded by a truncated box, I have written: "Meta: this list" -- and here we are.

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Heh, I have one of those too.

Posted by Ben at November 27, 2002 11:35 AM :: Link

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