Jeff is now, by definition, finished improving his Common App — he submitted it (along with supplements and *sigh* payments) to three colleges this evening. He still has three more to do (each of which wants its own essay), along with one more college which hasn’t Gotten With The Program yet.

I’m not sure if this is easier or harder for him than it was for me — certainly it’s much easier to apply to more schools, but then again, there are more people competing at each school, too. But if nothing else, he has the advantage of being able to fix typos and the like without retyping an entire sheet!

I just got my Gmail inbox down to zero for the first time in nearly two years.

After Mom died, I left the last few notes she sent me in my inbox, even though they were just pointers to funny things on the web. But last month, I finally felt able to read and archive them. However, while they were in the inbox, I didn’t feel any pressure to keep it clear (there is a big difference between an empty inbox and one with even one item in it), and even after archiving them, it took quite a while for me to get around to processing everything.

Tonight, I took advantage of some free time and the new Remember The Milk plugin for GMail to get those last few items out of the inbox (and I actually took care of all but one!).

When I left work last Friday, that inbox was empty, too. I haven’t connected to work since then, so, as far as I know, it’s still empty.

If you can’t see the fnord email, it can’t eat you!