I have to spend the day working with a thesis student who needs to finish up by tomorrow (no pressure), so I don’t have time to write up the seven-part detailed explanation of the physics of deep-fried turkey that I was hoping to do. Maybe next year.
In its place, inspired by Backreaction’s post on scaling behavior, here’s a question for my readership:
How do you feel about deadlines?
Do you do your best work with a tight deadline, or do you seize up under the pressure? Does the approach of an important deadline lead you into a procrastinatory frenzy in which you affix processed meat to domestic animals, or does it make you unplug the Ethernet cable and get down to businss?
Or do you just lean back and groove to the whooshing sound as the deadline flies on by?