These and, to a lesser degree, Pall Malls* got me through my dissertation and three subsequent publications. But this is not a plug as the mellow yellows have not helped my most immediate work. For the next 48 hours, I will rely on brief walks, Skittles, sleep, and unrelated print (not screen) reading.
File format issues have also prompted me to rethink my word-processor preferences. Bean, Google Docs, Ommwriter, Scrivener, and Word have all presented some measure of frustration. If only TextEdit had a word count feature...
*Yes, Vonnegut was the sole influence.
