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Happy Friday, kids. In honor of this upcoming weekend without blog posts, dayjobs or Google Reader reading, I have three ways to shake up our writing over the next two days.

First of all, following Darby M. Dixon III's one-sentence post (that's his notebook photograph over there), let's all write in a notebooks instead of computer this weekend.

All my important drafts begin on paper--I think faster, I write differently and I love fluttering through pages and pages of inky drafts. Thanks to  Erika Dreifus (who blogged this funny thing too).

Then, let's all jump back on the computer and excise (via find and replace wonderfulness) the seven deadly words of book reviewing from our work. For extra credit, surf the comments for a bazillion new words that drive readers crazy.

Finally, let's all change how we eat lunch--and get off the computer all over again. Just read this burnout avoidance article by Susan Johnston (our buddy from The Urban Muse):

"Three quarters of American workers (including yours truly) eat their lunches at their desk at least a few times a week. It’s tempting to stay put when you’re absorbed in a project or if it feels like everyone else is putting in that extra face time. But trust me, you’ll feel better after you take a few minutes away from your computer."