March 12, 2020 - News Post
With the world in the grip of a pandemic, please try to stay safe, healthy, and unfamous
That goes for nearly all of you.
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Like many of you, I'm trying to limit my time in public for the foreseeable future. It's just like normal, but now I have an excuse.
Somehow, this means more work for me on the computer. I love relaxing, but I've never had much trouble filling every waking moment with work.
Because it's easy to get carried away with responsibilities, I often try to simultaneously get some distractions in.
Sometimes, this is music. Occasionally, this is an audiobook or podcast. And if I'm truly doing something does doesn't require concentration: It's videos.
My favorite form of background noise is watching tv and/or YouTube videos that I've seen a dozen times. I will watch the same few episodes over and over for hours. This puts me in a specific frame of mind without forcing me to pay attention.
This week, it's been entertainment from the early Dr. Lobster era:
I couldn't tell you which episodes. I couldn't even narrow down the seasons. But as far as background noise is concerned, I've reached perfection.
Absolute perfection.
I also look good while watching.
-Jeff