This week, Dan and Merlin determine that even the Chico Marx of notebooks is the right one if you're writing in it, failure is ALWAYS an option: fully committing didn't do Pickett any good, but you should commit to narrowing scope and deciding what success is. Why? Fact or Fiction: You can start a business on the side.

Links for this episode:

• kung fu grippe - Robb Wolff on "Perfection"
  
• Letters of Note: PERSIST
  
• QPR: Jim Fairness and the 14-Second Work Year
  
• QPR: Commentary by Anton Cantrusku
  
• Pickett's Charge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Jek Tono Porkins - Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki
  
• Wedge Antilles - Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki
  
• Toward Better Master Passwords | Agile Blog
  
• B2W Squarespace Signup (coupon code: "backtowork7")
  
• AgileBits: 1Password
  
• kung fu grippe - Need a fast primer on storytelling? The Civil...
  
• The Civil War . In the Classroom . Using the Series . Episode Five | PBS
  
• kung fu grippe - “Disjointed” A View to a Kill: Just giving up.
  
• Programmers Notebook
  
• Hypercritical #23: No Sentence Left Behind - 5by5
  
• Schecter/Giffin 'Telecaster'-style Guitars | Pete Townshend’s Guitar Gear | Whotabs
  
• North Coast Music: Rickenbacker 660/12
  
• damn the torpedoes tom petty - Google Search
  
• YouTube - M&Ms Commercial - "Thank you Easter Bunny, Bawk Bawk!"
  
• Tigermilk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Leaked! Dan's new show, "Go Ahead, Caller!"
  
• Anti-pattern - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Netflix - Watch Ken Burns: The Civil War
  
• kung fu grippe - Need a fast primer on storytelling?
  
• [Merlin's Notebook] Nothing Doesn't Go In Here - a set on Flickr
  
• American: The Bill Hicks Story (2009 Documentary)
  
• Risk and the Bin Laden Raid - Notions: John Dickerson's Blog
  
• Playboy Interview With John Lennon and Yoko Ono
  
• Jack Purvis - Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki
  
• Nothing Doesn't Go In Here: "Two Words" | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
  
• story in a grocery: Back to Work
  
• Word play: A top newspaper editor helps demystify the writing process: PRSA
  
• Getting Into the Writing Game, With Words of Advice From a Coach | Special English | Learning English
  
• Crapping on your Dream: Freelancing 101
  
• The Weight of a Good Notebook « The Bygone Bureau
  

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