Tues, Day of Distractions
Started the day out with an hour and a half of busywork for Andy—figuring out what was wrong with the new microscope camera system I had ordered on his behalf (a clone of the set-up I ordered back in the initial run-up to the radiolarian lineages project). It took some time, but needed to get done, and Andy seemed pleased.
Having just settled down to write, Tinker dragged me off a lab meeting where Tony was presenting. In a moment of weakness I acquiesced, not having seen Tony at all for the better part of a year, and although I left after about half an hour, it was time down the hole. Just having settled down once more, our intern Sarah needed help setting up the microscope camera system on her laptop, then training on how to use it and an explanation of what scale calibration is (what do they teach the kids at the Ecoles Normales Superieures these days?!), so that was another goodly chunk of time gone. How on Earth can it be 4pm?
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Beau
February 8, 2012 @ 5:27 am
Ben, Ben, Ben! What is all this good samaritan behavior? Enough! You must practice selfishness, rejection and unfriendliness as much as possible. Hole yourself up in the office, throw things at people who come through the door, and deactivate your Facebook account. It is time now to write, sir!
Seriously, though, very generous of you to give so much time, under the circumstances. Just a caution and a recommendation to ask yourself – when considering a detour from your scheduled daily route – whether it is both absolutely necessary and is not prompted by any interest in avoidance. This is coming from someone who read the Business section – Business! – of the NYT this morning, cover to cover, in order to avoid getting started. So I know the dangers!
B