http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2007/06/productive-shame/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:04:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2007/06/productive-shame/comment-page-1/#comment-3621 Anonymous Mon, 18 Jun 2007 01:07:12 +0000 http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/?p=24#comment-3621 Wikipedia is always good for some Dicking around actually...long hours of it... Wikipedia is always good for some Dicking around actually…long hours of it…

]]> http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2007/06/productive-shame/comment-page-1/#comment-3622 Steven Ford Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:27:11 +0000 http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/?p=24#comment-3622 I was just pleasantly surprised the other day to find that Microsoft does apparently recognized the extremely useful and abundantly technical term: "squirrelly". </></>Do you feel safe knowing that aerospace engineers describe less than perfectly functioning things things as squirrely? I was just pleasantly surprised the other day to find that Microsoft does apparently recognized the extremely useful and abundantly technical term: “squirrelly”. Do you feel safe knowing that aerospace engineers describe less than perfectly functioning things things as squirrely?

]]> http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2007/06/productive-shame/comment-page-1/#comment-3623 K. M. Hammond Sun, 10 Jun 2007 17:46:06 +0000 http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/?p=24#comment-3623 Darn. And I thought <>I<> was a professional procrastinator! Darn. And I thought <>I<> was a professional procrastinator!

]]> http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2007/06/productive-shame/comment-page-1/#comment-3624 erika Sun, 10 Jun 2007 06:15:21 +0000 http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/?p=24#comment-3624 i just started reading your posts. u seem very cool and amusing in a sarcastic way. keep it up! i just bought your book about a month ago and finished it in a few days. loved it. no more dicking around please... i'm so impatient. sigh... i just started reading your posts. u seem very cool and amusing in a sarcastic way. keep it up! i just bought your book about a month ago and finished it in a few days. loved it. no more dicking around please… i’m so impatient. sigh…

]]> http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2007/06/productive-shame/comment-page-1/#comment-3625 KSS Fri, 08 Jun 2007 20:34:29 +0000 http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/?p=24#comment-3625 This is a very sweet story. I had just been telling some of my friends how excited I was to finally get your book, and daydreaming about being able to tell you how much I am enjoying it so far if/when I ever get back to the old alma mater. I'll likely be bright-eyed too. :) The way I see it, procrastination is akin to "bake for 1 hour at 350 degrees". It's a necessary part, and the most important process, of creativity. Without it, you don't get a delicious finished product that's more than just the ingredients you used. Here's to slow-cooking that second book! This is a very sweet story. I had just been telling some of my friends how excited I was to finally get your book, and daydreaming about being able to tell you how much I am enjoying it so far if/when I ever get back to the old alma mater. I’ll likely be bright-eyed too. :) The way I see it, procrastination is akin to “bake for 1 hour at 350 degrees”. It’s a necessary part, and the most important process, of creativity. Without it, you don’t get a delicious finished product that’s more than just the ingredients you used. Here’s to slow-cooking that second book!

]]> http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2007/06/productive-shame/comment-page-1/#comment-3626 Pat Fri, 08 Jun 2007 20:00:31 +0000 http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/?p=24#comment-3626 That, as they say, is a different story. That, as they say, is a different story.

]]> http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2007/06/productive-shame/comment-page-1/#comment-3627 Anonymous Fri, 08 Jun 2007 18:45:52 +0000 http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/?p=24#comment-3627 alright-i'll ask: what happened when pat's pants were stolen? alright-i’ll ask: what happened when pat’s pants were stolen?

]]> http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2007/06/productive-shame/comment-page-1/#comment-3628 Anonymous Wed, 06 Jun 2007 21:01:05 +0000 http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/?p=24#comment-3628 Wow! Four hours! I thought I was a good dicker...uh...dickerer...um...dicker arounder... Wow! Four hours! I thought I was a good dicker…uh…dickerer…um…dicker arounder…

]]> http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2007/06/productive-shame/comment-page-1/#comment-3629 Me Wed, 06 Jun 2007 01:20:22 +0000 http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/?p=24#comment-3629 Without knowing it, I realized why I've bookmarked this blog. Maybe as you journal how you get through it, I'll get picked up in the wake and stop procrastinating m'damn self.</></>Let's do it! Without knowing it, I realized why I’ve bookmarked this blog. Maybe as you journal how you get through it, I’ll get picked up in the wake and stop procrastinating m’damn self.Let’s do it!

]]> http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2007/06/productive-shame/comment-page-1/#comment-3630 Jennye Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:10:39 +0000 http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/?p=24#comment-3630 I'm with Sean....surfing blogs and livejournals is definitely my way of procrastinating....at work. Reading tends to be my number one procrastination in all other areas of my life!</></>And "HI!" Patrick. I'm visiting after looking in on Ms. Hobb's livejournal. I told you I'd come see you here. I'm the one who stuck my foot in my mouth after recommending your book on her site with high praise, and following it up with my opinion that her books are still better. Now that I'm on your site, I can say with as much enthusiasm that yours is better!</></>Besides procrastination, I also have a certain proclivity for brown-nosing. ;-)</></>Have a great day! I’m with Sean….surfing blogs and livejournals is definitely my way of procrastinating….at work. Reading tends to be my number one procrastination in all other areas of my life!And “HI!” Patrick. I’m visiting after looking in on Ms. Hobb’s livejournal. I told you I’d come see you here. I’m the one who stuck my foot in my mouth after recommending your book on her site with high praise, and following it up with my opinion that her books are still better. Now that I’m on your site, I can say with as much enthusiasm that yours is better!Besides procrastination, I also have a certain proclivity for brown-nosing. ;-)Have a great day!

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