tunnel-vision

I have also gained sort of a tunnel-vision on this: there will not be more short stories until this book is done.

mrissa: Whatever skills the duck knows now, it's stuck with them for awhile. mrissa 2010

I have also gained sort of a tunnel-vision on this: there will not be more short stories until this book is done.

Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway markgritter 2010

Naval modernization is another area in which recent budgets fall short of the evolving mark, which must eventually focus on China and Russia as the tunnel-vision tied to Afghanistan subsides.

China's Military Buildup Won't Stop The Defense Bear Rick Whittington 2011

You know that tunnel-vision thing that happens right after you fall out of your tree stand?

A Genuine Ragtop Road Monster, Leaks and All Dan Neil 2011

It was a shoddy probe, plagued by tunnel-vision, and one in which leads were ignored, wild assumptions were made and, worse yet, important clues and information that pointed to someone else were unconstitutionally hidden from Morton's defense team.

Kenneth F. Bunting: Public Records Helped Free Texas Man Kenneth F. Bunting 2011

Poised and ambassadorial, she is unusually well-adjusted for a graduate from one of the tunnel-vision disciplines, which she puts down to the guidance of Amanda Reddin, her coach for the past 14 years and who encouraged her to go to university after the 2004 Olympics.

Beth Tweddle ready to prove her powers of reinvention in Berlin 2011

This managed to interrupt my son's tunnel-vision television focus: "What's a mix tape?" he asked.

Giving Our Kids the Music of Our Marriage Katherine Rosman 2011

Searching is focused on finding specific information quickly and often leads to tunnel-vision, which can prevent you from recognizing useful sources that don't match your preconceived ideas and assumptions. [via Gwenda Bond]

SF Tidbits for 9/5/09 2009

How does everyone else feel about such policies and their tunnel-vision adherence?

Your droids will have to wait outside Tyler 2009

The fact that so many people forget others are communicating – often simultaneously – is an indicator of “internet phenomenon aspergers,” which (unlike the medically accepted condition) may be to do with the tunnel-vision of internet communication.

Some Thought, Part Ten – Respect « The Graveyard 2010