On Thu, 28 Jun 2001 01:39:26 GMT, searchandrecovery wrote:

> So recently I've been blocked - no new ideas, everything I do
>sucks, nothing works, etc. I get these bad boys every couple
>of years, and they usually last a couple of days.
> This time it's been a couple of weeks. It's over now, but I'm a
>little, er, concerned.
> Standard remedies in the past have been along the lines of:
>1) listening to favorite music (loud), 2) watching favorite
>vhs tapes, 3) looking at favorite photo/painting books, 4)
>having a chat with Dr. Coors (and, occasionally, his friend
>Jim Beam).
> None of this s--t seemed to work in the expected time-frame
>this time.
> A person I worked with once told me a saying a professor
>had told him - "If you're not confused, you're not trying."
> This seems to apply.
> Is there a question in here? Yes - how do you (YOU!) handle
>this malady (if and when it presents itself)?
>
>Sincerely,
>search etc.

WOW! "Downtimes" only a couple of days every couple
of years?! Heck, don' worry 'bout a couple weeks
e'ery decade or so...! ;-) Gee! As a sorority on
a porch roof once hollered to me, in unison, "It
doesn't matter, it JUST DOESN'T MATTER!" So,
be happy - or just stare into space for a
while (it doesn't matter.......;-).