Comments on: Finger numb, eyes rolling, mouth salivating

By: Cindy

Cindy — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:08:45 +0000

I suffer from the same compulsion. I was hit with the dreaded 1000+ unread items while travelling through the UK – Michael kept telling me to mark 'em all as read, and even threatened to do it himself. I irrationally but fiercely defended those unread posts until I'd at scanned at least the first paragraph of each one. All because I might miss something. Anything.

Get well soon, Duncan – from your other affliction, not the compulsive reading one.

By: Duncan

Duncan — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:39:50 +0000

The macarons were deeeeeelicious. Though it was also useful to see some in my own kitchen (for some reason it is harder for me to think about what my own products looks like when I'm stuffing my face far away in Paris).

Thanh, it still takes bazillions of hours to scan what was probably over 4000 items' titles and, sometimes, opening paragraphs. I sacrifice my health for knowledge:P Don't quote me on that though:P

By: nikki

nikki — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:19:34 +0000

Laduree!! score.

By: Y

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:46:27 +0000

Okay, now I feel inadequate! Not only do I not have friends who freight me treats from Paris, but I've now realised that I don't read as many blogs as most people seem to.

(ahem) At least I have my health though……………..

(Hope you're feeling better soon )

By: Thanh

Thanh — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:48:27 +0000

Firstly, get better soon Duncques.

Secondly, I've slowed down my posting a lot lately, so you can thank me.

Thirdly, how do the macaron's taste.

Fourthly, why don't I have jetsetting friends who bring me macarons from Paris?

Fifthly (is that a word), if I have heaps of posts unread, I scan them and if something catches my attention, then I read them fully. Otherwise, that will just have to be some information that I miss out on.

By: Agnes

Agnes — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:22:10 +0000

Oooh, I love the feeling of getting down to nothing in my RSS feeder. It doesn't happen often nowadays – I'm currently at 800 which isn't bad for me.

How were the macarons?

By: Duncan

Duncan — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:34:22 +0000

Neil, so selfish of you! hehe. Well, your words are fun, so I'll forgive you this once:P

Yes, I think the macarons gave me a final boost. But I need more more more… cos the bloody feeds are already over 1000 again! Arg! My problem, you see, is that my brain believes it might miss something if I just nuked a pile of feed-posts. (And there might be a few bloggers who would miss my presence amongst their readership… miracles might happen:P Who knows!)

By: neil

neil — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:22:07 +0000

Hope you're feeling better because I'm not stopping writing!

By: SJ

SJ — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:06:19 +0000

Ok that's it – I was *almost* committed but now totally committed to making my first batch on the weekend (or maybe the next). Obviously if I can make a decent macaron the world is my oyster!

By: Manggy

Manggy — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:55:44 +0000

The last time my reader reached its max (800+) was when I was in the States for 2 weeks. "Just read the latest one of each" was my rule in order to get through that Also, I don't have many non-food feeds, only a handful of design ones, a few personal blogs of friends, and one health-news one. I hope you recover fully soon, Duncan. I'm sure the Parisian macarons powered you up, much like spinach to a pastryfied Popeye