I'm finally ready to replace my front tooth!

Lists of lists

We've been very busy beavers the last two weeks, which means we've up to our necks in lists. We have work to-do lists, personal to-do lists, work logs, personal done-that files, expenses lists, financial allocations, a list of problems with the house, inventory lists, lists of physical therapy exercises, and on and on. What we need now is a list of lists so we can keep track of them all. Okay, I've written something in Blogger today. (Yay! Now I can move that item from the to-do list to the done-that list!)

Monday

Monday squash & skate.

Victory

PSU and Steelers win!

TGIF

What a week!

Thursday

Past hump day. Nice dinner last night.

Checklists

This week I'm going through a couple of checklists in each of our labs at work as part of the annual safety inspection. My findings are consistent with those described in the Checklist Manifesto:

1. Nobody wants to do them. It is assumed they are a waste of time that somebody else is making us do.

2. They consistently point out glaring problems that would have otherwise gone unnoticed.

3. A short checklist is more effective than a long detailed one.