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Monthly Archives: December 2008
Fixed!
My husband and I collectively have more than a decade’s worth of higher education between us. He’s got an M.D., and I have a master’s degree. But those vaunted degrees don’t mean diddly when it comes to stubborn household appliances. … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Fixing things
Tagged asthma, auger, basic life skills, clog, clogged toilet, curriculum, dish soap, education, electoral college, electrical wiring, Excel, Heimlich maneuver, HIPAA, homeowner, household appliance, HTML, Kawasaki Syndrome, low-flow toilet, master's degree, Palmolive, plumber, postcolonialism, spreadsheet, syllabus, toilet, toilet bowl, toilet repair, unreliable narrator
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Happy Holidays!
Just a quick drive-by post to say “Merry Christmas” to everyone who celebrates this holiday. I’m having a lovely Christmas Day at home with my family, a lot of incredibly good food, and too much wrapping paper. We had all … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Family, Holiday
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Everyone Has One: Least Favorite Christmas Songs
I just had a horrible Christmas flashback. Last year, my husband uploaded/downloaded all our Christmas CDs to our computer in our home office so he can play them in the family room via the Squeezebox. Last year, we listened to a … Continue reading
Posted in Holiday, Music
Tagged bad Christmas music, Bing Crosby, Blind Boys of Alabama, Chanticleer, Christmas, college, Dean Martin, flashback, frank sinatra, Marshmallow World, Mele Kalikimaka, O Come All Ye Faithful, retail, Silent Night, sleigh ride, smiling, soundtrack, Squeezebox, textbook, The Little Drummer Boy, The Twelve Days of Christmas, White Christmas
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The death of Deep Throat
Mark Felt, 95, died today. I wondered for years who Deep Throat was. I remember paging back through my worn copy of All the President’s Men, trying to piece together all the possibilities. I loved it when newsmagazines and journals … Continue reading
Hire me…I’ll make you laugh, at least
Applying for freelance gigs can be a frustrating experience. There you are, humbly yet confidently asking for work while trying to walk the fine line of selling yourself and your sterling qualities while not coming across as an arrogant jerk. … Continue reading
Posted in Freelancing, Journalism, Random musings
Tagged application, cover letter, craigslist, editing, editor, fantasy baseball, freelance, freelance writing, JournalismJobs, loopy, MediaBistro
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Lessons You Don’t Learn in a J-School Classroom
A terrific quote appeared in a story by Marc Parry of Albany, New York’s timesunion.com today. The article about the increasing popularity of journalism as a college major mentioned the lousy job market for journalists these days but noted that many … Continue reading
Snow
It snowed in the Deep South yesterday and last night, leaving a nice coating of the white stuff in many places unaccustomed to it. Like my friend’s yard in New Orleans. We only got a smattering of snow at my … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Uncategorized
Tagged desert, editor, freak snow, Joshua Tree, news, snow
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Not a good time to be a journalist
I was wondering how bad the hemorrhaging had gotten in the newspaper industry. I knew it was bad, but I didn’t know it was quite this bad. Check out this statistic. According to the blog Paper Cuts, more than 15,400 … Continue reading
Grim
In case you have been living under a very large rock for a very long time, the economy is in a pretty grim state. (Did you hear that? It was the “Understatement of the Year” alarm going off.) An employment … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Holiday, Journalism
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Give Us This Day Our Daily Paper
Editor and Publisher posted a very sobering news article today: Several Cities Could Have No Daily Paper as Soon as 2010, Credit Rater Says. As a journalist, this really hit me hard. It’s been hard to watch newspapers and media … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism
Tagged Ben Bagdikian, competition, daily paper, media, newspapers, University of Maryland, watchdog
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