# Things I should be doing instead of reading/posting SDMB **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 25, 2003, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-should-be-doing-instead-of-reading-posting-sdmb/150898 "2003-01-25T20:08:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dahempfaerie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@dahempfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dahempfaerie)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-should-be-doing-instead-of-reading-posting-sdmb/150898/1 "2003-01-25T20:08:26Z")
I **should** be doing: homework laundry change the litter pan clean the bathroom dishes All pretty much in that order. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-should-be-doing-instead-of-reading-posting-sdmb/150898/2 "2003-01-25T20:17:27Z")
1. Write the paper that’s due Thursday 2. Do the reading for classes Tuesday 3. Prep for my interview Monday. 4. Do the dishes 5. Cleaning the apartment. I’m vaguely thinking about the paper I have to write, at least. And I did go down to the library earlier and copy the information I need for it. ---
**Author:** ![Erika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/47e85d/32.png) [@Erika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erika)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-should-be-doing-instead-of-reading-posting-sdmb/150898/3 "2003-01-25T20:23:17Z")
1. do my analysis homework 2. prep for class tuesday morning 3. do the dishes 4. unpack from last weekend 5. fill out paperwork …not really necessarily in that order, though #1 should definitely come first. ---
**Author:** ![Eli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@Eli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eli)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-should-be-doing-instead-of-reading-posting-sdmb/150898/4 "2003-01-25T20:35:59Z")
1. Get a life. 2. Get a life. 3. Get a life. 4. Get a life. 5. Get a life. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-should-be-doing-instead-of-reading-posting-sdmb/150898/5 "2003-01-25T23:47:47Z")
1. Make supper 2. Do groceries 3. Clean the bedroom (We just did the rest of the apartment) 4. Begin studying for a quiz on Wednesday 5. Unpack the last few things that are in the suitcase since Christmas break ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-should-be-doing-instead-of-reading-posting-sdmb/150898/6 "2003-01-26T00:38:56Z")
Clean the house. ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-should-be-doing-instead-of-reading-posting-sdmb/150898/7 "2003-01-26T02:23:33Z")
What **Eli** said. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-should-be-doing-instead-of-reading-posting-sdmb/150898/8 "2003-01-26T03:18:35Z")
Yoga. Pilates. Balance ball. Exercise bike. Revising a short story. Reading **A Beautiful Mind.** ---
**Author:** ![okielady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/fbc32d/32.png) [@okielady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/okielady)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-should-be-doing-instead-of-reading-posting-sdmb/150898/9 "2003-01-26T03:23:12Z")
Organizing my daughter’s room (bagging up old toys, throwing away broken ones, weeding out clothes that don’t fit anymore.) Dishes Cleaning house ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-should-be-doing-instead-of-reading-posting-sdmb/150898/10 "2003-01-26T03:37:30Z")
I should be: cleaning the house, especially the bathroom doing laundry and helping the SO pack for his business trip on Monday working on wedding plans exercising reading through my book pile ---
**Author:** ![Mephisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@Mephisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mephisto)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-should-be-doing-instead-of-reading-posting-sdmb/150898/11 "2003-01-26T03:46:00Z")
I have an algebra test Monday that I should be studying for, and my American government professor hinted that we have a quiz coming up soon . . . Also, I have a bunch of photographs to take for another class . . . And my house is a mess. And I’ve fallen behind in my exercising. ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-should-be-doing-instead-of-reading-posting-sdmb/150898/12 "2003-01-26T07:29:02Z")
If I were at work right now, well, the answer to that would be pretty obvious. Right now… Get my bills paid Laundry Dishes Hell, just clean the whole damn house! Copy some home videos for my aunt Going to bed ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-should-be-doing-instead-of-reading-posting-sdmb/150898/13 "2003-01-26T17:29:09Z")
1. Not be in the office (its Sunday!). But since I am in the office: a) Calibrate my radio data and produce a good image before Friday b) Finish writing my observing proposal _before_ the deadline! c) Figure out what’s wrong with my X-ray data d) Do the marking for my maths class e) Write a paper… ---
**Author:** ![TVGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@TVGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-should-be-doing-instead-of-reading-posting-sdmb/150898/14 "2003-01-26T17:37:31Z")
Housecleaning Dishes Painting the dining room Prepping the safety classes I have to give later this week ---
**Author:** ![Tinkertoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f19dbf/32.png) [@Tinkertoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinkertoy)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-should-be-doing-instead-of-reading-posting-sdmb/150898/15 "2003-01-26T22:59:41Z")
I’m supposed to be writing the Library’s weekly newspaper column. I should be cleaning my house. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-should-be-doing-instead-of-reading-posting-sdmb/150898/16 "2003-01-26T23:45:57Z")
I’m at work, reading the SDMB, and where I should be is at a coworker’s house watching the Super Bowl with everyone else.