Recently at writing group, we were coming up with various roles and titles for ourselves.  And yes, I got labelled as ‘the anal one.’  At first, they just said ‘the organized one’ but really, either one would be true.  And this week, my google reader really bears that out, since I had a bunch of how-to’s, a printable, and a spreadsheet in there.  I can’t help it, I just like to be prepared, even if I’ll never need them myself, I like to be able to throw out a handy link when someone I know is in need.  ((We also did RPG titles and I got the Cleric/Healer which is cool.  It was made more awesome since I was then put on the short-list for being the Cocky Hero’s love interest too.))

  • Gwen Bell wrote up a post describing how to take a digital sabbatical after successfully taking herself offline for a month! ((Bonus link goes to her pre-sabbatical post letting the world know what her intentions were.))  I don’t think I could take a month off.
  • Lifehacker had a good article about how to be the perfect host in the 21st century.  Not that we have any plans of hosting out of town guests anytime soon, but I like to be prepared.
  • And, because Lifehacker is smart, they then posted a fillable .pdf version of the guest info pack highlighted in their perfect host article.  As a lifetime chicken-scratcher, I <3 fillable .pdfs!  I do like the idea of having something printed out with the wi-fi stuff available though.  Perhaps for the next large geek lan party we host, I’ll put together a similar package for our guests to refer to.
  • How to be the perfect guest in the 21st century.  I do like the mini-themes that Lifehacker sometimes does.  If I do get to go be a house guest somewhere, I’d like to be a good considerate one.
  • And finally, Squawkfox posted another article in her “How to Make a Budget” series called: dig yourself out with the debt reduction spreadsheet.  Now, I’m not in debt, and BenevoLance and I have a very good grasp of our finances, but I like reading about finance issues and I think Squawkfox packs a lot of value into her posts.

There you have it!  The anal one has spoken.  I’ll see you all next Friday, for another 5 things.

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