Late last year, I blogged about Shaun Usher’s website, Letters of Note. In my post, I highlighted 6-year-old Jessica Morley’s pugnacious precociousness, in her letter to “The Economist”. In that post, I also showed a cute note from one of Anne’s students. Today, I want to introduce another of Mr. Usher’s websites, Lists of Note. One of the many lists enumerated there was Johnny Cash’s to do list:
THINGS TO DO TODAY!
- Not smoke
- Kiss June
- Not kiss anyone else
- Cough
- Pee
- Eat
- Not eat too much
- Worry
- Go see Mama
- Practice Piano
NOTES: Not write notes
My list of things that I did today lacks the poetry embodied in Mr. Cash’s. I did manage to intersect his day on items 4-8. That’s half his list, just not the fun half. Instead, I filled my day doing the following:
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Go to work
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Kiss Anne goodbye
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Stop at Starbucks
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Work
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Grid
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Restart computer
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Eat a light lunch
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Grid some more
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Come home from work
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Stop at grocery store
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My list definitely has more detail, but not as much poetry. To be fair, today was a Monday and maybe Cash’s list is for another day of the week. Still, I have two more numbers left to go. Maybe I can do better.
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Remember Mama
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Kiss Anne again