car·riage re·turnn. the lever or mechanism on a typewriter that would cause the cylinder on which the paper was held (the carriage) to return to the left margin of the page | 16 June 2006 00:00 One of the sure signs of entering into the professional world seems to be spending a great deal of time in business meetings,particularly the over-long and unproductive ones. For a string of about four months I made a point of sitting in on staff meetings at work. Staff meetings generally take place between department Read on… 14 June 2006 00:01 I don’t remember the exact moment in which the revelation came to me,but I imagine it had something to do with a Volvo. There was some point in my life,probably within the last ten years,that my own demand for durability in any product surpassed the desire for style. I know where the Read on… 3 June 2006 16:32 As part of my one-day weekend I went out to a bar called The Golden Tee with some co-workers last night. It was sort of a goodwill gesture –most of my personal expression at work is taken up by my quick temper. So it’s nice to occasionally demonstrate that I am more than just Read on… 2 June 2006 00:59 I’ll admit to being rather tired from my recent trip to Chicago. I had an absolutely marvelous time visiting Jo. The nearly 100-degree heat was quite out of season,and there was a thunderstorm Tuesday night that almost prevented me from making it back to California on time,but nonetheless I’m here and at least Read on… | Objective"So much for Objective Journalism. Don’t bother to look for it here -- not under any byline of mine;or anyone else I can think of. With the possible exception of things like box scores,race results,and stock market tabulations,there is no such thing as Objective Journalism. The phrase itself is a pompous contradiction in terms." --Hunter S. Thompson |
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One of the sure signs of entering into the professional world seems to be spending a great deal of time in business meetings,particularly the over-long and unproductive ones.
For a string of about four months I made a point of sitting in on staff meetings at work. Staff meetings generally take place between department Read on…