Hey Kids!This was posted at http://writelarge.com/node/197 first.

The gang and I at work have been asked to create the corporate holiday card this year. We're working on making it the worst possible, most awkwardly phrased, boring message we could come up with.
Then we back-translated from English to Japanese and then from Japanese to English. I ( Read more... )

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Got a weird assignment at work today. Had to write a postcard for people who treat depression. So, you're not really selling anything to people who are depressed, you're selling something to people who know about depression. Or want to know more. Or something.
Regardless, ( Read more... )

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Hey Kids!This was posted at http://writelarge.com/node/173 first.

When you can't get to the Internet, bring the Internet to you. Trapped in a planning session with nothing to entertain you, might I suggest drawing your own LOL CATs.

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Hey Kids!This was posted at http://writelarge.com/node/146 first.

Here's a query letter that I just opted not to send. I'm posting it here for you to enjoy.

Please consider publishing my "appreciation" of Terry Brook's Sword of Shannara. I pitch Brooks' work as a suitable alternative to those looking to fill the hole left behind when they finished ( Read more... )

Hey Kids!This was posted at http://writelarge.com/node/143 first.

Gaia likes my work computer because it doesn't have any "poop" in it. This is because I explained to her that my desktop at home -- my Ubuntu machine -- took a poop last week and won't work anymore. She's very disappointed at the lack of Tux Paint in her life.
So, we sat down at the ( Read more... )

Hey Kids!This was posted at http://writelarge.com/node/118 first.

A church on Wisconsin Avenue freakin' exploded, man! Ask me what it was like on scene! Ask me!
I don't Freakin' know! I don't cover breaking news any more!
I've been quietly blogging at Ocono.com for a month or so, and today was the first time since I left Journalism that something ( Read more... )

Hey Kids!This was posted at http://writelarge.com/node/117 first.

Chatting with PRL today, he says: "Some days feel like successes and some feel like total failures."
And I ask, "Why don't they teach you _that_ in business school?"
I tweeted about it earlier, you may recall.

I just wish someone had sat me down and said: "Look, it doesn't matter ( Read more... )

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