Comment by Joseph on Attention Lurkers: Please say hi · 2010-04-19T04:19:52.457Z · LW · GW

Hello. I've been lurking here and on OB for sometime now. I started reading OB at least at the beginning of 2008, possibly in the last few months of 2007.

Comment by Joseph on Anti-Akrasia Technique: Structured Procrastination · 2009-11-13T21:03:28.983Z · LW · GW

if I try to grade the weekend before, it will take all weekend.

This sounds like an example of Parkinson's Law at work: "Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion."