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L'esprit d'escalier is that thing when you think of the perfect sharp, clever, cutting response too late to use it. I've never seen a drag queen be late with a perfect sharp, clever, cutting response.

At a party last night, I was too stunned and disgusted to come up with a good response to a co-worker who said, "Trump's really getting stuff done!" After fuming about it for most of my waking hours between then and now, I decided to have Angie, my drag queen character, respond. She'd do it bette...

Hi, all, life has been exciting because the foster kittens have been coming out to play more and more for the past couple of weeks. Everything else in existence really pales in comparison to four-week old kittens. :)

But anyway, here is the last part of my bullet journal presentation.


Anyone else have this problem while trying to write?











Someone said that when cats lie on your work, they're trying to get you to relax. I'm sure that's it.

I hope these posts have been helpful. And now I get to cross...

Extra post that was not part of my Bullet Journal presentation. 
Here's how to make a back pocket for your journal if it doesn't come with one already, i.e. if you're using a composition notebook, a book-style journal, or pretty much anything that's not a Leuchtturm or official Bullet Journal notebook. 
You'll need one piece of letter-size paper and glue. Scissors optional. The pocket will last longer if the paper is a little thicker than regular printer paper.
I got this awesome journ...

Hi, all, apologies for taking so long to get to this last post in the series. Damon Suede was talking about writing every day when he said this, but it's true for almost anything:

"Momentum is hard won and easily lost....Writing crap is better than no writing at all."

I lost the momentum of these blog posts AND my BuJo due to real-life obligations, and now I want to get back into both, but it's really harrrrrd!!

I need to finish these posts so they'll be done and I can call it complete (you have...

Sorry, all, I'm late posting this part because I've been crafting like crazy for a friend's wedding that's in TWO WEEKS!!!! And because  I forgot to write it in my Bullet Journal. Oops!

Anyway, moving on. :)  This section of the presentation is about the beauty of the Bullet Journal -- literal and figurative.

If you're not familiar with the literal beauty of Bullet Journals, check out pictures of Habit Trackers and Mood Mandalas and other fun, colorful things at Instagram and Pinteres...

The Basics of the BuJo, continued, because I droned on too long about notebooks in the last post.


Last post we started our journals by labelling the first two pages as the Index, then taking the next few pages for the Future Log (six months or longer), then we started a Monthly Log for February. We also touched briefly on Daily Logs.

Daily Logs are the heart of the BuJo. I mentioned Tasks (dot), Notes (dash), and Events (circle). What I didn't get to was Rapid Logging.

Rapid Logging just means w...

Welcome back to my Bullet Journal Presentation! Today we're going to get into the Basics of the BuJo.


The only real requirements to start a Bullet Journal are: a notebook and a pen.

A six-inch ruler is nice to have but not necessary.

Notebooks:  I used a Composition book for my first journal.
Pros: they're cheap, which is good if you're not sure you'll continue with the system and don't want to spend a lot of money on something you'll give up on after a week. (However, the system is so custo...

Wow, I've been gone a long time. I guess November and December (and most of January) were pretty busy. Let's catch up a little.

Previously on B. Snow's Blog:
     In part 1 of these posts, you learned what a Bujo is, and in part 2, you learned why I started one.

Now, on to part 3 of my BuJo presentation from last year's Moonlight & Magnolias! Which I have time to write since the car is getting maintenanced, if that's a word. Blogger doesn't think it is.


As I said at the beginni...

Hi, all! Last time I talked a bit about what a bullet journal is. This time I'll talk about why I started using one.


super-cool powerpoint outlineI’m sort of a plotter in my writing, but pantser in my life, which is not a great way to get things done. I’m bad at goals, so I sort of drift around, wondering why I can't seem to finish anything. (Am I the only one who thinks it's more fun to begin things than to finish them?)

About a year ago, was having hard time falling asleep – I would go to bed...

I saw this video last week. I'm finally getting around to mentioning it here.

Anyone else recognize EVERYTHING he's talking about?

(And of course the embed url doesn't work....)

Tim Urban: Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator